Oklahoma Pharmacy Benefit Manager Law Heads to Appeals Court

A trade group representing pharmacy benefit managers will ask the Tenth Circuit to hear its case challenging an Oklahoma law regulating the industry, a federal court filing shows.

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association on Wednesday announced plans to appeal an April decision invalidating portions of the Oklahoma law while allowing other aspects to survive. The PCMA claimed the law is preempted by both Medicare Part D and the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

The lawsuit is one of several efforts by the PCMA to have courts invalidate state laws regulating PBMs like Express Scripts and CVS Health, which ...