CMS is bringing star quality ratings to health exchange plans
Rolling out the ratings nationwide is part of the Trump Administration's larger initiative to inject cost and quality transparency into the healthcare system.
Rolling out the ratings nationwide is part of the Trump Administration's larger initiative to inject cost and quality transparency into the healthcare system.
The commission recommends an interrelated set of proposals it estimates could save at least $10 billion over five years, partly by encouraging more use of generic drugs and also by creating incentives for insurers to negotiate better prices from drug makers.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.