ACCC Joins in Letter to CMS Expressing Concerns with Proposed Part D & MA Rule

The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) joined more than 30 stakeholder organizations in a January 25 letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outlining concerns over the impact of the administration's proposed rule on Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage. The letter addresses the following issues addressed in the proposed rule:

• Providing plan flexibility to manage protected classes
• Application of step therapy for Part D drugs by Medicare Advantage plans
• Explanation of benefits requirements
• Changes to the definition of negotiated price
• Pharmacy price concessions in negotiated price.

Read the letter.

Posted 1/25/19