Part B Is Plan B: Specialty Drug Prices Primed For Fallback Reform Effort
Executive Summary
As Biden administration and MedPAC both work on ideas to overhaul Part B, marketers of physician-administered drugs (primarily for cancer, ophthalmology and rheumatological disorders) should prepare for a fight – but only if the broader ‘negotiation’ push fails.
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