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

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

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

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"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

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

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The 55 hospitals penalized by Medicare 8 years straight over patient complications. Why some Medicaid providers in Colorado aren’t getting paid. Medicare penalizes 40 hospitals in Florida for patient safety. Whitmer signs bills designed to lower prescription drug prices in Michigan. NORTH CAROLINA.

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Health Provider News – February 18, 2022

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13-year Medicare payment dispute will return to HHS, court rules. Kaiser sees net income top $8B in 2021, operating income fall sharply. Colorado mental health professionals incensed after Medicaid forum that was intended to clear the air. Florida health system settles improper Medicaid payment allegations for $5.5M.

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More Federal Action in the Pharmaceutical Sector as PBM Bill Advances in the Senate

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1339) reflects the overarching legislative push by members from both sides of the aisle and chambers of Congress to address drug pricing issues through federal fixes to the PBM framework. Unlike the IRA, which targeted the Medicare program, the provisions of S. 1339, adding several new amendments to create the version of S.