Drug Prices
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Biosimilars, Caught my eye, Drug Prices, Drug shortages, ICER, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Obesity, Supply Chain, ValueCaught my eye — 4/11/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 4/11/25Some days I sit down the pottery wheel and I pull 4 bowls or vases in a row that are fantastic. Other days (like, oh, this Sunday and Wednesday) it all collapses. Here is hoping that all of us get better at staying centered and not collapsing. I’d Prefer Not. The 2026 Medicare Advantage and…
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340B, Caught my eye, Drug Prices, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Transaction Facilitator, Medicare Transaction Facilitator, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, State-based Reform, UncategorizedCaught my eye — 4/4/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 4/4/25Mom and Pop Going Broke. The economics of pharmacies are fascinating. Like did you know they usually lose money on brand-name drugs? A pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) law in Montana would help those pharmacies get closer to at least breaking even and make sure they get dispensing fees. I thought this KFF piece was a…
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Caught my eye — 03/28/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 03/28/25There are some weeks you get to Friday and it’s just nice. The anticipation of some dopamine, some relaxation over the weekend. There are other weeks where you barrel into Friday and cram everything in so that 5 pm can arrive with a cocktail. Guess which week I’m having… three quick things you should know.…
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Caught my eye — 3/21/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 3/21/25Smug looks awful on me so it is a good thing I did a terrible job picking my brackets. I need to set a reminder to create 2 brackets next year –one on how I actually think things will go and one on a more whim basis (colors, mascots, which school I think my kids…
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Caught my eye — 1/24/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 1/24/25I am pretty sure January is actually the whole first half of the year. Bears and hibernation might have the right idea. Old Hat Already: I hit send last week and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the list of 2027 Medicare negotiated drugs. Overall it felt like just another announcement with…
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340B, Caught my eye, Drug Prices, Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Part D, Pharmacy Benefit ManagersCaught my eye — 1/10/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 1/10/25There are some weeks where your long-term success could be impacted if you’re not on top of what’s happening, this isn’t one of those weeks. But these things are cumulative so, if need help on the regular with strategy and health policy (like figuring out what you need to pay attention to, help understanding the…
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Caught my eye — 12/13/24
Read more: Caught my eye — 12/13/24Methodology Matters. The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) released their annual Unsupported Price Increase report and I find the whole process maddening. The inflationary metric they used was medical, not general (CPI-U). You might think that didn’t matter but it does. You know what medical inflation was? 0.48%. So anything over 2.48% increase…
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Caught my eye — 12/6/24
Read more: Caught my eye — 12/6/24When your job is to stay on top of the news but you also just want to turtle a little bit, there are challenges that eventually have to be faced. Skimming the news, here is what caught my eye… 340B Bonanza. I have been devouring the 340B coverage of J&J, Lilly and BMS suing the…
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Caught my eye, Drug Prices, Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Part DCaught my eye — 11/22/24
Read more: Caught my eye — 11/22/24As we look ahead to next week and Thanksgiving, I have to say thank you to you for subscribing and reading. I got the stuffing knocked out of me this summer but knowing that this group of subscribers hangs in there and continues to read is nice. As I look ahead to the next year,…
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Caught my eye — 11/1/24
Read more: Caught my eye — 11/1/24As I write this, the elementary school across the street has Thriller playing at the 5th grade Halloween party happening in the parking lot. Things change and they stay the same. Not the worst reminder this week. Waiting. Payment rules expected from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plus maybe eventually the Medicare Transaction…
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