Medicaid Medicare Pharmaceuticals Public Health services 
Healthcare ECONOMIST
APRIL 5, 2022
The Public Health Service Act ( PHSA ) in 1992, created a program to allow hospitals providing care for underserved communities to be able to access discounted drugs. This case examines how Medicare calculates disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments to hospitals. Novartis Pharmaceutics v Espinoza.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
MARCH 27, 2023
“CMS will exclude a drug or biological product that is designated as a drug for only one rare disease or condition under section 526 of the FD&C Act and that is approved for only an indication (or indications) for such disease or condition” Low-spending Medicare drugs. Note that this figure is not inflation indexed.
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Sheppard Health Law
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
The Rebate Programs are administered as part of the prescription drug affordability provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”), which is aimed at “lower[ing] out-of-pocket drug costs for people with Medicare and improv[ing] the sustainability of the Medicare program for current and future generations.” [1]
Sheppard Health Law
AUGUST 25, 2022
The expansive legislation includes key health care provisions, including drug pricing reforms, inflationary rebates, Medicare Part D benefit redesign, as well as myriad other updates. Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022.
Bill Of Health
AUGUST 8, 2022
Grossly-underfunded and overwhelmed public health agencies are not able to conduct proper surveillance and face vast shortages of testing services, vaccines, and treatment. Persons experiencing symptoms of monkeypox can be effectively treated with known pharmaceuticals, but accessing them, like vaccines, has proven monumental.
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