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Washington Update: GOP Doctors Caucus Lays Out Priorities for Lame Duck

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Senate HELP Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA) requests information from two drug manufacturers as part of 340B investigation: Sen. Cassidy has asked Eli Lilly and Amgen to provide information about their justifications for restrictions on covered entities in their 340B programs, and how those restrictions may impact 340B drug distribution. Read more.

GOP doc caucus lays out priorities for lame duck, falls short on Medicare pay cuts: The GOP Doctors Caucus is angling to include retiring members’ priorities in a year-end package, including bills on transparency, PBM reforms, and a bill to change CBO scoring for healthcare legislation. Speaking to reporters, Caucus members said they were looking at a “short-term fix” to proposed PFS cuts but could not promise anything dramatic. Read more here and here.

Senator Cassidy introduces bill to exempt certain small drug manufacturers from Medicare price negotiations: Sen. Cassidy’s bill would permanently extend certain exemptions for small biotech manufacturers and create a new methodology to determine which manufacturers would qualify for exemption. Read more.

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