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‘Clean Slate’ For Rebate Policy? US MedPAC Getting To Work

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That sound you hear is the staff of the US Medicare Payment Advisory Commission digging into new sources of data about the impact of rebates on the Part D outpatient drug benefit. Expect new policy ideas to follow – though not right away.

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