The Supreme Court Narrows ERISA Preemption in Rutledge v. PCMA
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/01/21
In the recently-decided Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (“PCMA”), the Supreme Court found 8–0 (Justice Barrett did not take part) that ERISA did not preempt an Arkansas state law that established statutory minimum and other standards for pharmacy benefit managers’ (“PBMs”) payments to network pharmacies. No. 18-540, 2020 WL 7250098, at *2 (U.S. Dec. 10, 2020) (hereinafter “Rutledge”). The Court’s holding in Rutledge could reverberate beyond the facts of this case: it has...
By: Groom Law Group, Chartered