President Biden today directed the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to consider new payment and delivery models to lower drug costs and promote access to innovative drug therapies for beneficiaries, and report within 90 days on its plan and timeline for testing selected models. AHA will update members as more information on the plan becomes available.
 

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 9 announced allocations for the second year of the Rural Health Transformation Program, which will award…
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