Darrel Rowland
The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus, OH, United States
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Meet senior reporter Darrel Rowland: 45 years of trying to make a difference
Darrel Rowland, The Dispatch's longest-serving news journalist, has built a career on serving readers as longtime public affairs editor and a reporter → Read More
FTC agrees to 'shine a light' on how drug middlemen impact your prescription prices
The more than 24,000 comments that rolled into the Federal Trade Commission have sparked a deep probe of pharmacy benefit managers by the agency. → Read More
Sherrod Brown, Jim Jordan, John Kasich among Ohioans hit by sanctions, barred from Russia
Twenty public figures from Ohio are among more than 900 included in the new Russia travel ban, issued in retaliation over the U.S. role in Ukraine. → Read More
Ohio House votes to end health insurance copay tactic that's 'ruining a lot of families'
After spending more than a year in limbo, a bill that would prevent health insurers from messing with copay help wins 86-0 passage in Ohio House. → Read More
Five takeaways for consumers and patients from Ohio's consolidated health-care system
Consumers may love those shiny new health-care facilities closer to their homes, but they aren't doing their pocketbook or health much good. → Read More
Capitol Insider: How did redistricting go from 'a new day' to possible court sanctions?
Passage of a 2014 measure designed to prevent gerrymandering was a feel-good moment for Ohio lawmakers. But making that plan work has turned bitter. → Read More
Federal Trade Commission rejects pharmacy benefit managers probe pushed by Biden appointee
Reviled by pharmacists and patient advocacy groups nationwide, PBMs at least temporarily escaped scrutiny from an FTC deadlocked on an investigation. → Read More
'This is the first time we are close to getting real action' to actually cut drug prices
Americans have heard the prospect of lower drug prices touted for years by politicians. Sen. Sherrod Brown says it actually could happen this time. → Read More
Ohio launches probe of PBM practice
COLUMBUS — Six months after state officials were asked whether they have the authority to crack down on a controversial money-making maneuver by phar → Read More
Ohio launches probe of PBM practice that critics say gouges patients and taxpayers
Ohio's efforts to rein in pharmacy benefit managers hits a turning point with a decision to investigate charges known as "clawbacks" worth millions. → Read More
Billions of dollars potentially at stake for consumers, taxpayers in new probe of PBM fees
In a surprise move, a top federal regulator promises to delve into extensive fees assessed on pharmacies by drug-chain middlemen in what could be the first → Read More
Billions of dollars potentially at stake for consumers, taxpayers in new probe of PBM fees
Pharmacists have complained for years about skyrocketing fees on Medicare prescriptions by PBMs. Now, a federal agency promises a probe of the charges → Read More
Pharmacy benefit managers are outwitting attempts at accountability, tougher rules
Governments and businesses throughout the US have tried to rein in pharmacy benefit managers, but PBMs have evolved new ways around the restrictions. → Read More
Pharmacy benefit managers in sights of bipartisan Ohio watchdog panel for possible fraud
The seeming never-ending battle to rein in pharmacy benefit managers in Ohio opens another chapter, a joint legislative panel delving into "clawbacks" → Read More
Nation's largest independent doctors practice is in Columbus area, and it's getting bigger
Central Ohio Primary Care is the biggest independent doctors group of its type in the U.S. Now it's branching out from the East Coast to Hawaii. → Read More
Capitol Insider: New study finds only four states more dangerous for COVID-19 than Ohio
Ohio's lagging vaccination rate and relatively high death toll dragged it almost to the bottom of a new ranking of the safest states for COVID-19. → Read More
Doctors joining hospitals in growing numbers has caught the attention of regulators
Regulators from Washington and several state capitals are taking action on hospitals with so many doctors for their staffs, raising cost concerns. → Read More
Physicians in independent practices are a minority now. What does that mean for your care?
For the first time, more doctors are working with hospitals or other groups than those in private practice, the AMA says. Is that good or bad? → Read More
Capitol Insider: Not gone or forgotten – Donald Trump still mainstay in GOP money appeals
There's no bigger cash cow in political fundraising than Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Gov. Mike DeWine's trip to border draws heat. → Read More
'To me, that's fraudulent': Bipartisan Ohio lawmakers vow to fix loophole exploited by PBMs
The practice known as "clawbacks" by drug middlemen supposedly was banned in Ohio two years ago, but PBMs are finding ways around the bipartisan law. → Read More