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Recent Medicare attempts to lower drug prices (beyond IRA) – Healthcare Economist
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Recently, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is receiving a lot of attention, particularly for its provision that allows CMS to begin price negotiations for ...

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Helping the paralyzed move – Healthcare Economist
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The technology is amazing. Of The Economist: Fourteen years ago, Melanie Reid, a journalist, fell from a horse ...

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A primer on brand-name prescription drug contracting – Healthcare Economist
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The above is the title of a useful manual of Kenney and Keast (2024). Below I summarize some key points. Provide an overview of pharmacy contracts ...

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Part 3 – Healthcare Economist
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See my previous posts on negotiating IRA prices in drug selection (Part 1) and sending manufacturer data (Part 2). Today we will talk about the ...

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Part 1 – Healthcare Economist
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CMS launched Guidance on Negotiating IRA Prices last week. Below are some highlights on how medications will be selected. What medications are eligible ...

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Risk Adjustment and Incentives for Upcoding in Medicare – Healthcare Economist
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To account for differences in disease burden among the patient population of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, risk adjustment based on the patient's disease ...

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What would happen if we eliminated medical debt? – Healthcare Economist
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Medical debt in the United States is a major problem. While more than 90% of people have health insurance, many people ...

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FDA’s Biosimilars Action Plan – Healthcare Economist
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In July 2018, the FDA published the Biosimilars Action Plan (BAP), which outlined the FDA's approach to expanding access ...

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Do patients value improvements in progression-free survival? – Healthcare Economist
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Progression-free survival (PFS) is a surrogate endpoint defined as follows (by ChatGPT): Essentially, PFS refers to the period of time during a ...

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EMA and delays in drug launch – Healthcare Economist
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For patients with serious illnesses, timely access to effective medications is paramount. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) was created in part to help ...

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