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BY ALEX TAIRA | NOVEMBER 2018
The US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) unveiled a new payment model proposal that would drastically change the way Medicare pays for Part B prescription drugs. President Trump announced the proposed change during a speech at HHS on October 25. The proposal, broadly named the International Pricing Index (IPI) model, contains several reforms designed to reduce the prices Americans pay for prescription drugs.
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BY JEFF EVANS | NOVEMBER 2018
During a special signing event last week, President Donald Trump signed into law the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6). The president’s signature on October 25 comes three weeks after the US Senate passed the legislation 98 to 1, and about a year after he first declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency.
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