The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule with comment period on November 27, 2020, that attempted to initiate a new drug-pricing methodology on separately-payable Medicare Part B drugs...more
On December 23, 2020, The District Court for the District of Maryland granted a temporary restraining order temporarily ceasing the implementation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (“CMS”) Most Favored...more
On September 13, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (the “Executive Order”) directing the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to issue regulations instituting two most-favored-nations (“MFN”) payment...more
On November 27, 2020, CMS published its Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model Interim Final Rule (IFR) that seeks to lower the amount paid for 50 high-cost Medicare Part B drugs to the lowest price that drug manufacturers receive...more
On November 20, President Trump held a press briefing at which he unveiled two long-awaited actions to reduce prescription drug costs. Both actions had been called for in Executive Orders he issued this summer. Although each...more
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to expand the role of the federal government in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, build on the Affordable Care Act, and continue drug...more
On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule (IFR) with comment period implementing a mandatory “Most Favored Nation” demonstration model (MFN Model) to test...more
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. In a pre-holiday flurry, the Trump Administration has released four long-awaited health care policies impacting a wide range of health industry participants. On the drug pricing front, the...more
On Sunday, September 13, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order, the next in a series of Executive Orders targeting the pharmaceutical industry, which aims to lower prescription drug prices in the United States (the...more
On September 13, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order seeking to establish most favored nation ("MFN") pricing for Medicare drug payments. The Trump Administration's Order, 'Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America...more