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ASCO voices concern over mandatory demonstration program
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Key clinical point: A proposal by the Trump Administration to pay for Medicare drugs administered in the physician office is not going over well with doctors.
Major finding: The proposal includes a demonstration project that would have mandatory participation, a requirement that medical societies strongly criticized.
Study details: The project aims to more closely align Part B drug price points with international rates through the use of private sector vendors that would negotiate drug prices, procure the products, distribute them to physicians and hospitals, and take on the responsibility of billing Medicare.
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