Medicare Seeks Input On Dispute Resolution, Civil Penalties For Rx Pricing Program

Calculating a ‘fair price’ for new versions of already negotiated moiety is also one of several that CMS is requesting input on in its recently released initial guidance on the negotiation program.

Medicare Guidance Explains How Price Negotiation Will Work In First Year • Source: Shutterstock

While one section of the initial Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidance on the drug price negotiation program is final, the agency is actively seeking comment, if quickly, on several other elements.

The 91-page guidance was released 15 March with a narrow 30-day window for public comments, which are due by 14 April. (Also see "Medicare Price Negotiations: Competitors’ Net Prices,...

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