Podcast — Drug Pricing: How Are Payers Responding to the IRA?
Podcast: IP(DC): Drug Prices, Political Pressures & Patents
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule, which was published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2025. The comment period ends on September...more
On March 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an initial guidance memorandum on the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (Negotiation Program) created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022...more
On February 9, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a fact sheet and its initial guidance documents addressing the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program for Medicare Parts B and D...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), signed into law last August, seeks to overhaul the way Medicare buys and pays for prescription drugs. A regulatory undertaking of this scope is certain to generate a great deal of...more
On February 9, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released initial program guidance addressing the inflation rebate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). These provisions apply to how...more
On February 9, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released initial program guidance on the inflation rebate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). These provisions apply to how Medicare...more
The Inflation Reduction Act’s (“IRA”) drug price negotiation provisions have captured the pharmaceutical and biotech industry’s attention. In part, the IRA allows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) to...more