Medicare Price ‘Negotiation’ Process Gets Broad Brush Treatment In New Law
Executive Summary
With enactment of the drug pricing reform provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, stakeholders now turn their attention to the implementing regulations that will be developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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