Capitol Checkup: Medicare indication coverage; pre-existing conditions battle
From the article:
"Allowing for indication-based coverage could result in some drugs not being available for some indications, but it could also result in drugs that aren't being covered now becoming available for higher-value uses," Coukell told S&P Global Market Intelligence.
But it is unclear whether those added drugs would make much of a difference to patients' lives, health policy expert Rachel Sachs, an associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, told S&P Global Market Intelligence.
"I think there are a lot of unanswered questions," she said.
The two major lobbying groups representing brand-name drugmakers — the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization — said they were still reviewing the CMS memo.