Putting Patients First Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Overall, while the NHC appreciates CMS’ intent to streamline the data submission process and make it more accessible, we encourage ongoing dialogue and adjustments to ensure that the process remains patient-centered, efficient, and capable of capturing the full spectrum of information necessary to inform meaningful drug price negotiations.

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Putting Patients First Blog

JULY 2, 2024

General Comments The NHC appreciates CMS’ commitment to actively engaging with stakeholders, including patients, consumer advocates, and health experts, in implementing the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (DPNP). This includes collecting data on utilization management practices, formulary changes, and patient experiences.

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Ramblings of a pharmacist

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The 1957 Lilly Digest reveals that that’s below average - the typical survey-respondent pharmacy did 13502 prescriptions/year. Grandpa’s 31,766th prescription. Anyway – on to the current issue of the Digest (which is the 2021 Digest that summarizes data from 2020 operations). prescription transaction.

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Putting Patients First Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

12 Mark Kyle and Natalie Keating, “Prior Authorization and Association with Delayed or Discontinued Prescription Fills,” Journal of Clinical Oncology 42, no. September 2021. link] Health-Care-Costs-2021-Recommendations.pdf. link] Health-Care-Costs-2021-Recommendations.pdf. 18 National Health Council.

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Safe Biologics

MARCH 10, 2025

This expansion continues a flawed policy that threatens innovation and jeopardizes patient access to critical treatments, including drugs vital for cancer treatment and popular new weight loss medications that have transformed the management of obesity and related conditions. What Will 2025 Mean for Medicare Drug Price Setting Under the IRA?

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