CMS Unveils First Medicare Drug Price Negotiation List

 

Unpacking the first Medicare drug price negotiation list, the NAIFA, FSP, and Life Happens merger, Apple’s Wonderlust Event and more! 

 

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References:

5 actual clues in Apple’s iPhone 15 Wonderlust event invite: https://www.macworld.com/article/2046187/wonderlust-event-invite-clues-colors-apple-watch-iphone-15-airpods.html

Apple announces the iPhone 15 launch event: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23819494/apple-september-event-iphone-15-pro-watch-ultra-date

Apple Events: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/

Blood thinners, diabetes meds among first 10 drugs for US price negotiations: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-name-first-10-drugs-medicare-price-negotiation-2023-08-29/

Eliquis, Jardiance, Xarelto headline CMS' price negotiation list: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/eliquis-jardiance-xarelto-headline-cms-price-negotiated-drug-list

Factsheet: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/fact-sheet-medicare-selected-drug-negotiation-list-ipay-2026.pdf

HHS Selects the First Drugs for Medicare Drug Price Negotiation: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/08/29/hhs-selects-the-first-drugs-for-medicare-drug-price-negotiation.html

Medicare Price Negotiation: Ten Drugs That Made the List, and Ten That Should Have: https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-30-medicare-price-negotiation-first-ten-drugs/

NAIFA, FSP and Life Happens announce plan to unite: https://insurancenewsnet.com/innarticle/naifa-fsp-and-life-happens-announce-plan-to-unite

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