US Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Contracting Demo Attracting Interest From States

The US Medicaid agency says states representing more than 80% of sickle cell patients are interested in a centralized contracting program, but House Republicans want legislation, not administrative interventions, to shape value-based payment for curative therapies.

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The CMMI centralized contracting program is only focusing on sickle cell disease for now, Fowler said. • Source: Shutterstock

A US Medicaid program to test centralized contracting for sickle cell disease gene therapies has attracted widespread interest from state payors.

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