HHS Rebate Reform: An Air Of Inevitability In Stakeholder Comments
Executive Summary
Manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers and insurers weigh in on the Trump administration’s most significant drug pricing action to date – the HHS Office of Inspector General's proposed rule aimed at eliminating rebates.
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