By Lorain Times |
Dec 12, 2023
State Representative Gayle Manning (R- North Ridgeville) has introduced legislation aimed at preventing insurance companies from requiring physician-administered drugs to be purchased through an insurer's specialty pharmacy before being shipped to a healthcare provider. Manning's bill seeks to address the issue of white-bagging insurance practices, where insurers mandate the purchase of certain drugs from their preferred specialty pharmacy and then transport them to healthcare providers for treatment."These insurance practices may be cost-efficient for the company, but do...