Skilled Nursing News August 30, 2023
Following the Biden Administration’s bid this week to reduce the price of certain drugs – many of which are commonly used in nursing homes – experts are cautioning that the changes may negatively impact the bottomline of organizations in the sector.
As Medicare Part D price negotiations for these drugs come into focus this week, the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), for one, is warning that changes to Part D might cause “collateral damage” to long-term care pharmacies, the patients they serve and operator partners.
On Tuesday, federal policy makers released the names of the first 10 drugs approved to be part of Medicare’s first-ever price negotiations in order to further the goals of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Certain blood...