Podcast — Drug Pricing: What’s in the New CMS Medicaid Final Rule?
Podcast — Drug Pricing: Takeaways From the Chicago Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit
Our Drug Pricing and Market Access team tracks recent developments in healthcare reform, the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, the 340B Program, Medicare, and state law....more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 1, 2024, released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B...more
Manufacturers, government officials, and other stakeholders recently convened in Chicago for the annual Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit. In this episode of Connected with Latham, Washington, D.C. associate Danny Machado...more
The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more
On May 26, 2023, CMS published a proposed rule that would implement new policies under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) to: (1) address situations in which drug manufacturers incorrectly report or misclassify their...more
On May 23, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule entitled Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program...more
Health Reform and Midterm Results: In the wake of the midterm elections, leadership changes of key committees are underway. Commentators note that while both parties may agree on problems in the pharmaceutical and healthcare...more
On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision granting the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America’s (PhRMA)’s motion for summary judgment and vacating (i.e.,...more
Biden Administration Releases FY 2023 Budget - The Biden Administration’s proposed Budget of the U.S. Government for FY 2023 (see also the accompanying fact sheet) includes proposals relevant to drug manufacturers....more
2021 Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Conference Concludes: The conference took place in New Brunswick, N.J., Oct. 11-13 and virtually Oct. 18-20. Christopher H. Schott spoke in person as part of the “Fireside Chat: External...more
Drug Pricing Initiatives: The fate of the reconciliation package that contains many of President Biden’s domestic policy initiatives, including with respect to drug pricing, remains in limbo as Democrats continue to debate...more
Drug Pricing Initiatives: US lawmakers continue to debate the drug pricing measure introduced by House Democrats, H.R. 3 (the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act). Among other things, H.R. 3 would empower the...more
Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act: On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 to dismiss for lack of standing a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought by Texas and other states. The states had...more
In a December 12, 2017 Advisory Board article, “The 340B drug pricing controversy, explained,” Scott Orwig wrote, “the 340B Drug Pricing Program is one of the most contentious issues in health care: Its critics say it ‘hurts...more
In this episode, Macy Flinchum and Victoria Hamscho discuss recent developments in the 340B Drug Pricing Program, including recent guidance by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on best practices for states to...more