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Medicare Price Negotiation: Sponsors Will Have A Say, But Likely Not Sway As Timetable Comes Into Focus

 
• By Cathy Kelly

CMS details when it will release information and receive public comments in the lead-up to publishing the initial list of drugs to be negotiated this fall.

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Although not required to by the Inflation Reduction Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will seek public comment on guidance and a handful of information collection requests covering the initial implementation of the Medicare price negotiation process over the next several months in an effort to leverage stakeholder expertise as it “thoughtfully” designs the program.

The plan for seeking public input is in line with the agency’s recent announcement that it will hold monthly calls...

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