CMS is soliciting comments on whether future payments for devices that may have been impacted by the COVID-19 PHE should be adjusted.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its annual proposed rule related...more
8/24/2020
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Proposed Rule on June 19, 2020 (the Proposed Rule) which, among other things, suggests updates to Medicaid policies and practices related to drug pricing and...more
On March 11, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a voluntary model within the Medicare Part D program that would allow certain Part D plans to cap Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs for...more
On March 10, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a memo to Medicare Advantage Organizations and Part D Sponsors to inform them of their obligations and permissible flexibilities related to disasters and...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Contract Year 2021 and 2022 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicaid Program,...more
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Delays inclusion of the US territories under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program until April 1, 2022 -
CMS issued an Interim Final Rule that further delays the inclusion of the US territories in the definitions of “States”...more
Late Friday, September 27, 2019, President Trump signed the Fair and Accurate Medicaid Pricing Act into law as part of the Continuing Appropriations Act....more
On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual proposed update to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (Proposed Rule)....more