The Ohio Department of Medicaid on Friday took the long-awaited first step in hiring a new pharmacy benefit manager to process claims for the $28 billion health insurance program for the poor and disabled.
The department released a request for bids as it moves to a single PBM at the direction of state lawmakers outraged by pharmacy middlemen making millions off taxpayers. Bids are due Sept. 4, with a new PBM selected later this year.
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