Editorials Editorial: The US Drug Pricing System Needs to Be Fixed Thomas Sullivan Jul 30, 2021 0 By Robert Popovian, Pharm.D., MS, and Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D. Reforms to the U.S. drug pricing environment are required, but to…
Medicare MedPAC Calls for MA Program Changes Thomas Sullivan Jul 29, 2021 0 In its June 2021 annual report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) called for an update to the Medicare…
CMS 2022 Proposed Fee Schedule Updates Open Payment Provisions Adds Physician… Thomas Sullivan Jul 28, 2021 0 On July 23, 2021, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…
DTC GAO Report Finds DTC Advertising May Lead to Increased Medicare Spend Thomas Sullivan Jul 27, 2021 0 Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the relationship between…
FTC FTC Releases Report on Rebate Walls, Vows to Promote Competition in… Thomas Sullivan Jul 26, 2021 0 Earlier this year, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its “Report on Rebate Walls” to Congress, which gave…
Events Transparency & Aggregate Spend to be Delivered as a Hybrid Event in… Thomas Sullivan Jul 23, 2021 0 This year, from December 6 through December 10, 2021, the Transparency & Aggregate Spend Conference will take place as a…
Medical Legal Groups File Amicus Brief in Support of North Dakota’s Efforts to Regulate… Thomas Sullivan Jul 22, 2021 0 Recently, the Alliance for Transparent & Affordable Prescriptions (ATAP), the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), and American…
Accountable Care Organizations NAACOS Sought, Denied Time Extension on MSSP Deadlines Thomas Sullivan Jul 21, 2021 0 Earlier this Summer, the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) sent a letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the…
Congress Bipartisan Duo Introduces Medicines Strategic Stockpile Act Thomas Sullivan Jul 20, 2021 0 Earlier this year, a bipartisan duo in the United States House of Representatives reintroduced legislation to create an essential…
HHS HHS OIG Report Covers Part D Plans Including Drugs Commonly Used by Dual… Thomas Sullivan Jul 19, 2021 0 The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) recently issued its annual report…