Welcome to the Health Law Brown Bag event with professor Bill Sarraille, JD. Join us for an informal discussion at noon Oct. 7 on current health law topics during this in-person event at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Room 205.
Sarraille will be talking about "The Fight Over Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)." A pitch battle is being fought between supporters and critics of PBMs. With three large PBMs administering almost 90 percent of all drug claims in the United States, supporters claim that PBMs save billions for the federal government, payers, employers, and consumers, but critics, including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), charge that PBMs have driven increases in drug prices that have raised costs, including cost sharing from consumers. Sarraille will discuss a recently issued "interim report" from the FTC, a lawsuit by PBM Express Scripts seeking to strike that report, and the FTC's recent filing of an administrative complaint against all three of the major PBMs.
Sarraille is a regulatory consultant and retired senior member of the health care practice group at Sidley Austin LLP. He is a nationally recognized expert in health care, life sciences, drugs, medical devices, and patient access to treatments. He is widely known for his expertise in a broad array of health care matters, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, coverage and coding, pharmaceutical price reporting, issues related to the marketing and promoting of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, clinical research issues, Stark and Anti-Kickback Law compliance, Medicare and Medicaid audits, health care diligence, health care contracts, privacy and security compliance, and coverage for new devices and services.