HHS Releases Final Guidance for Second Cycle of Historic …
WEBOct 2, 2024 · Final guidance builds on success of the first cycle of drug price negotiations and details how HHS will help ensure negotiated prices reach people with Medicare in 2026 and 2027.
HHS Announces Cost Savings for 54 Prescription Drugs Thanks to …
WEBSep 30, 2024 · The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), today announced that some Medicare enrollees will pay less for 54 drugs available through Medicare Part B.
Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Rule Expanding Access
WEBApr 4, 2024 · The Contract Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D final rule builds on existing CMS policies to promote competition, increase access to care, including important behavioral health services, and protect individuals from inappropriate marketing and prior authorization.
Biden-Harris Administration is Strengthening Medicare; Protecting …
WEBJan 31, 2024 · Medicare Advantage is robust and stable, and plan offerings and enrollment are strong for beneficiaries in 2024, including premiums, supplemental benefits, and choice. The Medicare Advantage average monthly plan premium remains stable in 2024, with an increase of less than one dollar on average.
HHS Announces Cost Savings for 64 Prescription Drugs Thanks to …
WEBJun 26, 2024 · The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), today announced that some Medicare enrollees will pay less for 64 drugs available through Medicare Part B.
CMS Issues Draft Guidance on New Program to Allow People with …
WEBAug 21, 2023 · President Biden’s prescription drug law, the Inflation Reduction Act, gives people with Medicare prescription drug coverage (Medicare Part D) the option to pay out-of-pocket costs in monthly payments spread out over the year, starting in 2025.
Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Medicare with Finalized ...
WEBOct 28, 2022 · The Biden-Harris Administration has made expanding access to health care a top priority, and, under their leadership, more Americans than ever before have health insurance coverage. Today’s final rule builds on this success and supports additional Administration efforts to strengthen Medicare.
HHS Announces Actions to Lower Health Care Costs and Allow …
WEBJun 30, 2023 · HHS released revised drug price negotiation guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The guidance is a critical step in implementing the IRA, which finally took on Big Pharma and will allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices on behalf of people with Medicare.
Negotiating for Lower Drug Prices Works, Saves Billions
WEBAug 15, 2024 · The new prices will go into effect for people with Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage beginning January 1, 2026. If the new prices had been in effect last year, Medicare would have saved an estimated $6 billion, or approximately 22 percent, across the 10 selected drugs.
HHS Finalizes Policies to Make Marketplace Coverage More …
WEBApr 2, 2024 · Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced policies for the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces that make it easier for low-income people to enroll in coverage, provides states the ability to …