The Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act would enhance Medicare coverage for pharmacist services and ensure seniors can access essential care in underserved areas.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) drug negotiation provisions will fundamentally reshape Medicare drug pricing, provider reimbursement, and health care delivery dynamics across Part B and commercial markets, according to panelists at Asembia’s AXS25 Summit.
Experts at Asembia’s AXS25 Summit discussed the economics of specialty pharmacy for rare diseases, addressing high treatment costs and strategies for balancing innovation.
Scott A. Soefje, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, explained how the expanding use of the FDA’s 505(b)(2) drug approval pathway is creating operational and reimbursement challenges for oncology infusion centers.
Building on a previous report that revealed corrupt business practices among the big 3 PBMs, a second interim report finds that PBMs heightened prices for important specialty generic drugs to increase their profit margins.