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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

County-level variation in cardioprotective antihyperglycemic prescribing among medicare beneficiaries. Reforming Patient Cost Sharing for Cancer Medications in Medicare Part D. New Reforms to Prescription Drug Pricing in the US: Opportunities and Challenges. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2022 Aug 2;11:100370. Lancet Oncol.

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Comments to CMS Guidance on the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program Due March 11, 2023

Health Law Advisor

To advance these efforts, CMS established a Medicare Drug Rebate and Negotiations Group dedicated to the IRA and set forth the agency’s intended overarching timeline to implement the various IRA provisions, such as the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and the Part D redesign.

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Magnolia Regional used price transparency IT to get more CHF patients to fill their prescriptions

Healthcare It News

"Next, we used MedHx to gather complete patient medication history so we could track whether patients in the study had filled their prescriptions," he added. From July 2020 to September 2021, Magnolia Regional studied medication adherence and prescription fill rates for 417 patients with CHF. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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New York Enacts Landmark Legislation Regulating PBMs

Health Care Law Brief

On December 31, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed landmark legislation to increase the transparency of prescription drug pricing and to establish requirements on pharmacy middlemen. Disclosure requirements.

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Capital Rx, Independa, and LG TV Partner to Bring Discount Prescription Meds to Older Adults

HIT Consultant

Part of Biden’s Build Back Better plan would enforce an annual out-of-pocket cap on what people on Medicare pay for their prescription drugs. Capital Rx Advantage was launched in August 2021 to bring radically transparent prescription drug prices to the underinsured + uninsured market.

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Hall Render’s Health Provider News – February 25, 2022

Hall Render

The 55 hospitals penalized by Medicare 8 years straight over patient complications. Medicare penalizes 40 hospitals in Florida for patient safety. Whitmer signs bills designed to lower prescription drug prices in Michigan. Cerner’s 2021: Revenue up 4%, net earnings down 29%. for Medicare fraud.

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Health Provider News – February 18, 2022

Hall Render

13-year Medicare payment dispute will return to HHS, court rules. Kaiser sees net income top $8B in 2021, operating income fall sharply. A layoff list, expired medicine, neglected patients: Illinois hospital loses Medicare contract. Ohio ASC, health system to pay $3M to settle improper Medicare claims allegations.