Former Bristol Myers Squibb Company senior director for worldwide pricing strategy for cardiovascular immunology and fibrosis treatments Daniel Heider has joined the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as director of the Division of Rebate Agreements and Drug Price Negotiations to help lead implementation of the new programs.
CMS Medicare Price Negotiation Division Headed By Former Bristol Myers Squibb Exec Heider
Most of the other leaders in the new organization within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services tasked with implementing the price negotiation and inflation rebate programs previously worked in other parts of the agency, including the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

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