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340B, Caught my eye, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Part D, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, State-based ReformCaught my eye — 4/25/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 4/25/25Let’s Get Horizontal. Arkansas just passed a law banning pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning pharmacies in the state. Other states like Vermont and New York are considering it. This also includes mail order and specialty pharmacy. Lately the economics of independent pharmacies are getting covered in the media showcasing how they often lose money…
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Make IRA Better
Read more: Make IRA BetterOn April 15, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First.” The EO directly aims to modify drug pricing. Section 3 of the EO, focused on improvement to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), has three components to it – (1) improving the Medicare drug price negotiation…
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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, Biosimilars, Caught my eye, CMMI, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Obesity, Pharmacy Benefit ManagersCaught my eye — 3/14/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 3/14/25With the exception of the ending of demos/models at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), most of the news kind of rolled over me this week. So, instead, here is a capture of what is rattling around my chamber of health policy worries. Who’s on first? What’s on second? I don’t know ……
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Caught my eye, Generics, Healthcare Costs, ICER, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicaid, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Part D, Orphan Drugs, State-based Reform, ValueCaught my eye — 03/07/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 03/07/25Tuesday morning, I spent the first half of the day convinced it was Wednesday, and yet, despite that mental setback, the rest of the week has flown by. Feels like a win. Killing me softly. Overall, glad to see the stories recognizing how the uncertainty of federal research dollars is impacting NIH summer internships, graduate…
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Caught my eye, Healthcare Costs, ICER, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Part D, Obesity, ValueCaught my eye — 2/14/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 2/14/25Roses are red. Violets are blue. I love health policy, how about you? Public Health Gap: This week a poll found that a quarter of Americans see healthcare access and affordability as their top public health concern and think it would be best solved on the federal level. Among Democrats, 32% had it as their…
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Affordable Care Act, Caught my eye, Cell and Gene, CMMI, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Part D, Medicare Transaction Facilitator, Pharmacy Benefit ManagersCaught my eye — 2/7/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 2/7/25In the DC area, with many family, friends and neighbors working for the federal government, these last few weeks have felt downright crappy. Furloughs, contracts being upended, fear about what’s next — all for people who love their jobs serving the public. It isn’t a fork in the road, it feels like a game of…
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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, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Part D, Pharmacy Benefit ManagersCaught my eye — 1/16/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 1/16/25Tell me a Story. If you’ve been reading my stuff for a while, you know that I love a good lawsuit filing. Sometimes the lawyers get a little spicy. Teva filed suit against the federal government for the Inflation Reduction Act and it has a few gems: The suit is different from others that have…
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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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