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First ever life-saving treatment for rare heart condition available on the NHS
13 May 2024 - NHS patients with a life-threatening heart condition are set to benefit from a cutting-edge new medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Apr 2024
Medicare official says breakthrough device reimbursement rule coming in early summer
19 April 2024 - A federal rule aiming to make reimbursement for breakthrough devices easier is slated for early summer, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2024
Medicare drug price negotiations: policy implications of the first 10 drugs’ features
9 April 2024 - This article describes how CMS’s approach to implementing the negotiations will be shaped by the distinctive ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2024
Medicare opens door for covering obesity drugs
21 March 2024 - The agency says health plans may pay for the drugs if used to prevent heart attacks and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2024
New treatment for essential tremor now available through Medicare
19 March 2024 - Australians living with essential tremor can now access magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound through Medicare, with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2024
Biden says Medicare should negotiate prices for at least 50 drugs each year, up from a target of 20
6 March 2024 - That proposal is one of several new health care policy plans Biden will outline during his State ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Feb 2024
House looks to weaken Medicare negotiation
29 February 2024 - Two proposals to weaken Medicare’s drug price negotiation program are getting a hearing before a House Energy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2024
Federal judge tosses PhRMA lawsuit challenging Medicare drug negotiations
12 February 2024 - A Texas federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s Medicare drug price ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2024
Biden-Harris Administration to make first offer for drug price negotiation program, launches new resource hub to help people access lower cost drugs
1 February 2024 - Department of Human and Health Services also releases new research showing that the United States pays ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2024
At 40, Medicare’s a marvel but it’s time for a health check
30 January 2024 - Big birthdays are a moment for reflection. And at 40, many of us need a check-up to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2024
Will Medicare push drug prices down in 2024?
29 January 2024 - Medicare participants will get insight this year into how much the prices of certain drugs will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2024
Commemorating 40 years of Medicare
29 January 2024 - The Australian Government is releasing a special edition Medicare card in 2024 to commemorate the 40th anniversary ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2024
Medicare patients on pricey drugs are saving big this year
15 January 2024 - For the first time, Part D plan patients will hit a ceiling on how much they pay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2023
Has the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services implicitly adopted a value framework for Medicare drug price negotiations?
15 December 2023 - The US Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 created several major policy changes to the pricing of prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2023
CMS releases revised guidance for Medicare prescription drug inflation rebate program
14 December 2023 - Under President Biden’s lower cost prescription drug law, drug companies will pay rebates to Medicare for ...