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Trump's CMS signals flexibility on Medicare drug price negotiation, sparking new questions for RFK Jr.
The Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has signaled that it will be revamping the process ...
RFK Jr. grilled on Medicare: What is Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B and Medicaid? What are they?
Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on if and how he would reform Medicaid and Medicare during his first confirmation ...
Medicare Change Backed by 20,000 People in New Letters
New letters urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand Medicare and Medicaid to include FDA-approved ...
BioPharma Dive1d
Trump administration affirms drug price talks, but will seek input to ‘improve’ program
A short statement from CMS said the agency will consider ways to make Medicare price negotiations, begun under Biden, more ...
Healio2d
‘We applaud CMS’: Two more rheumatology drugs bound for Medicare price negotiation
The second round of Medicare Part D price negotiations will feature two drugs familiar to rheumatologists — Ofev and Otezla — ...
Fact Check: Insulin cap for Medicare unaffected by Trump order on prescription drug costs
A provision about insulin in the Inflation Reduction Act is conflated with a 2022 executive order by former President Joe ...
CMS aiming for more transparency in drug pricing negotiations
CMS said it is considering ways to bring "greater transparency" to the Medicare drug pricing negotiation program mandated ...
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CMS drops appeal in UnitedHealth Medicare Advantage ratings case
CMS issued the industry-wide ratings the next month. Among large insurers, UnitedHealthcare experienced one of the most ...
US drops appeal in case over UnitedHealth Medicare plans' rating
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday said it would not appeal a court order that it recalculate the ...
RFK Jr. Confused Medicare and Medicaid: Here's the Difference
The HHS Secretary nominee confused Medicare and Medicaid programs, though he would be responsible for them if confirmed. We ...
Pharm Exec1d
Essen Health Care Selected to Test Medicare Dementia Care Model
Essen Health Care announced that it is participating in the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, an ...
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MA plans’ use of prior authorizations climbs again, despite heightened pressure to limit tactic
MA plans required prior authorizations about 125 times more often than regular Medicare in 2023, demonstrating the barriers patients face in accessing care.