Kansas under fire for trying to hide audit details of state’s CVS health contract

Kansas state officials are under fire for redacting large swaths of an audit on prescription drug spending in the state, according to the Hays Post. The Kansas Department of Administration argued that it needed to redact a watchdog report on how the PBM unit of CVS Health Inc. handles prescription drug coverage for Kansas employees, their families and retirees to protect trade secrets. But the redacted details go to the heart of the state health plan, such as how many prescriptions it covered in 2018 and 2019 and their cost, critics say.