Auditor McGuiness: Time to Reform Pharmacy Benefit Manager’s Oversight of State Employees’ Prescription Drug Plan
Auditor of Accounts | Former Auditor of Accounts - Kathy McGuiness | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
DOVER, DEL. – State Auditor Kathy McGuiness today released the following statement regarding proposed regulations for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs): “This month, I released a report titled ‘Lack of Transparency & Accountability in Drug Pricing Could be Costing Taxpayers Millions’ that listed the ways poor contracting with Express Scripts Inc. (ESI) cost Delawareans over three […]
State Auditor McGuiness Demands $24.5M in Overcharges Back From State Employees’ PBM, Express Scripts
Auditor of Accounts | Former Auditor of Accounts - Kathy McGuiness | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, June 21, 2021
DOVER, Del. – State Auditor Kathy McGuiness said today that Express Scripts Inc. should pay back the $24.5 million it overcharged the State of Delaware for its state employees’ prescription drug plan from 2018 through 2020. “My special report found that Delaware paid three times the average drug inflationary price between 2018 and 2020 for […]
State Auditor McGuiness Estimates State Overpaid Its Pharmacy Benefit Manager by $24.5 Million over Three Years
Auditor of Accounts | Former Auditor of Accounts - Kathy McGuiness | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2021
DOVER, Del. – $24.5 million taxpayer dollars. That’s how much Delaware appears to have overpaid its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) for state employees’ prescription drugs over a three-year period, State Auditor Kathy McGuiness said today. “For fiscal years 2018 through 2020, the State of Delaware spent hundreds of millions of dollars on prescription drugs for […]
State Auditor McGuiness Launches Historic Transparency Initiative
Auditor of Accounts | Former Auditor of Accounts - Kathy McGuiness | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2021
DOVER, DEL. – State Auditor Kathy McGuiness said today she is working with county and local governments and school districts to help them transparently show how they spend their federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds. “For most Delawareans, the third stimulus payment they received this spring is likely either spent on bills or put into […]
Auditor McGuiness Finds Long-Term Care Facilities Needed Clearer Guidance, Assistance During Early Stages of Pandemic
Auditor of Accounts | Former Auditor of Accounts - Kathy McGuiness | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, May 6, 2021
DOVER, DELAWARE – Delaware’s long-term care facilities, which have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, needed clearer guidance and assistance from the state during the early stages of the pandemic, State Auditor Kathy McGuiness said today. “My team reviewed publicly reported COVID-19 data at the state and federal levels, and they surveyed and interviewed […]
