On June 16, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule, “Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program” (“Proposed Rule”), to codify the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (“Negotiation Program” or “MDPNP”) and to establish new policies with respect to the MDPNP, for initial price applicability year 2029 and subsequent years.
In this episode of the Diagnosing Health Care Podcast: The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in August 2022, included significant and controversial drug-pricing provisions.
What key compliance issues must industry stakeholders consider as these provisions are put into effect?
On this episode, Epstein Becker Green attorneys Leslie Norwalk, Connie Wilkinson, and Alexis Boaz discuss key considerations for the health care and life sciences industry as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services works its way through the initial stages of ...
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