Over the summer, the boffins at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the latest projections for U.S. spending on healthcare. (See links below.) These data provide the latest official and apolitical look at the future of U.S. healthcare spending. The top line projections highlight the government’s official view that prescription drugs dispensed by retail and mail pharmacies will have a modest impact on U.S. healthcare costs. However, there are some notable changes from...| Drug Channels
Pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Caremark (a part of CVS Health) has been found liable under the False Claims Act for causing health insurers to report fraudulent prices to the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. The finding came after an 8-day bench trial in June 2025, in a declined qui tam case in U.S. District […] The post Pharmacy Benefit Manager Caremark Found Liable Under the False Claims Act for $95 Million in Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Pricing Fraud appeared first on Whi...| Whistleblower Law Collaborative
This year, Medicare Part D enrollees should pay particularly close attention to changes in 2024 prescription drug coverage costs resulting from provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).| medicareresources.org
Apply for Medicare shares three ways seniors can save on their prescriptions. Learn how to... The post How Seniors Can Save on Prescription Drugs appeared first on Apply For Medicare.| Apply For Medicare
Learn more about CMS’s Medicare Part D update and how employers can review plans and notices to stay compliant.| OneDigital
Under the new law, Medicare beneficiaries will see a series of prescription drug-pricing provisions phased in – mostly over the next several years| medicareresources.org
On average, the new Medicare negotiated drug prices are 2.8 times the average of drug prices in 11 OECD countries of similar size and wealth.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
