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Medicare Part D Rebate Rule Delayed Until 2023 As PBMs Notch Legal Win

 
• By Cathy Kelly

HHS initially postponed only those provisions of the final regulation that were scheduled to go into effect 29 January, but Biden Administration now faces April deadline from court to determine how to proceed with the rest of the rule.

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A Saturday court order has forced the US Health and Human Services Department to push back the effective date of the Medicare Part D rebate rule until 1 January 2023.

The order, issued on 30 January by Judge John D. Bates of the U.S

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