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ASCO strongly opposes the Administration’s proposed cuts to federal agencies that support biomedical research and Medicaid for Fiscal Year 2018, including a 21 percent proposed funding cut for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a 20 percent proposed funding cut for the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and reducing Medicaid funding …
Tag Archives: Medicaid
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6 April
HIV-Infected Veterans Have Higher Rates of Medicare/Medicaid Enrollment
A substantial proportion of veterans are dually enrolled in the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system as well as Medicare and/or Medicaid, which leads to care received inside and outside of the VA. However, the use of non-VA healthcare among this population can lead to fragmented, inefficient, and lower quality of …
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2 April
CMS Issues Guidance on Biosimilar Reimbursement and Formulary Policies
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued documents with guidance on reimbursement and formulary policies for biosimilars. The company issued documents on reimbursement of biosimilars that will remove the benefit from physicians to prescribe higher cost, branded innovator products over biosimilars. Typically, Part B physician-administered drugs are reimbursed …