Pharmaceutical Care Management v. Leslie Rutledge

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

*1111 In this dispute between a pharmacy trade association, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) and the State of Arkansas, PCMA appeals the district court's ruling that an Arkansas state statute is not preempted by Medicare Part D, 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-26(b)(3), and the State of Arkansas appeals the district court's ruling that the statute is preempted by ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (a). Because the state statute in question is preempted by both ERISA and the Medicare Part D statutes, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

In 2015, the Arkansas…