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CMS Releases Guidance on Implementation of Rebate Programs for Certain Medicare Part B and Part D Drugs

Healthcare Law Blog

All rebate payments will be deposited into the Medicare Prescription Drug Account in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 10] This allows CMS to identify drugs and biologics that are already discounted under the 340B Drug Pricing Program for its inflation rebate calculation. [11] 17-921 (Aug.

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Democrats Didn’t Achieve All Their Goals, but Inflation Reduction Act Makes Historic Medicare Changes

Kaiser Health News

Second, it would extend the enhanced premium subsidies for people who buy insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces that Congress put in place last year to help confront the covid-19 pandemic. Never before have we been able to negotiate prescription drug prices. Those prices would take effect in 2026.