Cost Sharing Program In Part D From Coalition Of Cancer Drug Manufacturers Rebuffed By OIG
Executive Summary
Federal watchdog group acknowledges proposed assistance program aligns with comments in a 2005 OIG advisory bulletin on patient assistance programs in Medicare Part D, but maintains the bulletin should not serve as a roadmap for a compliant program in this case.
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