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CMS Announces Medicare Part D Final Rule Maintaining Current Policy on Six…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a final rule maintaining the existing policy on coverage of drugs…
CMS Announces Medicare Part B Final Rule Permitting Step Therapy on New…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a final rule permitting Medicare Part B plans, including those…
Increased Oversight and Penalties for Drug Misclassifications under the…
On April 18, 2019, President Trump signed H.R. 1839—Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019—into law. The new…
Oklahoma Medicaid Payment Reform: Success or Bust?
Oklahoma’s experimental Medicaid program is increasingly seen as a warning for the proponents of value-based pharmaceutical…
CMS Turns Focus to Transparency
In mid-February 2019, at the American Medical Association’s National Advocacy Conference, Demetrios Kouzoukas, principal deputy…
Senators Press HHS and CMS on Physician Payment Sunshine Act Compliance
On March 19, 2019, Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee wrote to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of…
CMS Webinar on Data Refresh and System Enhancements
On February 13, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments team held a webinar during which it…
Hospital-Acquired Conditions on the Decline
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released…
PhRMA Submits Comments on CMS Proposed Rule Regarding Modernizing Part D…
In November 2018, the United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule with the intent to…
ACCME and CMS Teaming Up for Webinar: CME that Counts for MIPS
On Wednesday, March 6, 2019, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and Centers for Medicare &…