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Medicare to Negotiate Prices for 15 More Drugs, Including Ozempic
Medicare will soon negotiate prices for 15 more drugs as part of an effort to reduce costs for seniors and people w ...
CMS Doubles Down on Medicare Drug Price Controls, Threatening Patient Access and Innovation
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2025 / The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced ...
Yes, Trump rescinded Biden's order to lower prescription drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid
The rescinded order directed Medicare and Medicaid to test ways to lower drug costs for enrollees. Those tests hadn’t started ...
Departed Biden Medicare Chief Lauds Landmark Drug Negotiations
Meena Seshamani’s Medicare swan song ended on a note of bravura: the announcement that 15 costly drugs, including Novo ...
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HHS Selects 15 New Drugs for Medicare Part D Price Negotiations
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced that 15 new drugs that are currently covered under Medicare Part D will be ...
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Former Trump White House, HHS aide Abe Sutton likely to lead Medicare, Medicaid innovation center
Abe Sutton, a health policy aide in the first Trump administration, is likely to be named head of the Center for Medicare and ...
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HHS secretary talks drugs up for Medicare price negotiation before leaving office
The Biden Administration announced the next batch of 15 prescription drugs that will be included in price negotiations with companies — with the aim of lowering costs for people covered by Medicare.
Medicare targets 15 more drugs for price negotiations — including Ozempic
On its last weekday in power, the Biden Administration has chosen the next batch of drugs up for price negotiation in ...
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Ozempic and Wegovy make the list of the next 15 drugs in Medicare negotiations: HHS
Ozempic and Wegovy, Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drugs that treat diabetes and obesity, are on the list. Astellas Pharma’s prostate cancer drug, Xtandi, is also on the list — alongside AstraZeneca’s cancer ...
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Ozempic/Wegovy and 14 Other Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation
The blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy) along with therapies for asthma, ...
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Maine health system sues HHS over withheld Medicare payments
Lewiston, Maine-based St. Mary's Health System is suing HHS for allegedly unlawfully withholding Medicare payments from the cash-strapped system, Maine Public Radio reported Jan. 14.