Medicare Formulary Rules Will Be Sorted Out By Courts, Kaiser Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
If Medicare drug plan formularies differ from commercial formularies under CMS rules, insurers' bargaining power will be "disaggregated," Kaiser senior counsel Barrueta says. He expects litigation surrounding Medicare formulary definitions.
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