{"id":11136,"date":"2018-08-08T10:25:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11136"},"modified":"2018-08-08T10:25:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T14:25:53","slug":"insurers-pmbs-will-be-able-to-negotiate-prices-for-drugs-paid-by-medicare-part-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11136","title":{"rendered":"Insurers, PMBs will be able to negotiate prices for drugs paid by Medicare Part B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said, starting next year Medicare Advantage plans will get new powers to bargain over drugs administered in doctor\u2019s offices or hospitals. The treatments subject to the change include infusions for rheumatoid arthritis, eye injections to treat certain conditions as well as some cancer therapies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-08-07\/trump-forces-pharma-to-face-more-medicare-drug-price-negotiation?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=65052045&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--iICh1J3r8gcXgxHjG2smJaUDD3uh2ROt5Bf166s3QhdDnRRdRVy27_4xE1PDgXkaxw27rzAHT120ub-xHqQ0xeTHyWA&amp;_hsmi=65052045\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10021\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said, starting next year Medicare Advantage plans will get new powers to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11137,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11136\/revisions\/11137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}