HHS Message On Value-Based Drug Pricing Complicated But Themes Emerging

US government involvement in value assessments for prescription drugs and the benefits of outcomes-based contracting in lowering drug prices are among the issues being discussed.

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Recent public comments by HHS officials on the Trump Administration’s agenda for lowering drug pricing shed some light on the department’s current thinking about value-based pricing for drugs.

Here’s what we’ve heard: HHS doesn’t like the idea of the US government defining the value of prescription drugs and prefers instead a market-based approach. At the same time, the...

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