HHS outlines process, timeline for Medicare drug price negotiations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released a memo and timeline outlining how it will approach implementing the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, which will negotiate prices with drug makers for certain high-cost, sole-source drugs and apply them beginning in 2026. According to the memo, CMS plans to actively engage hospitals and other stakeholders in the policymaking process.
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