Healthcare at a Tipping Point: Politics and Policy in ’26
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine policies, the federal government shutdown, most-favored-nation drug pricing and the future of Medicare Advantage were among the topics discussed by a panel of Washington, D.C., healthcare policy professionals during a Managed Healthcare Executive webinar. Ryann Hill, M.P.H., of Indigo Hill Strategies; Patrick Cooney of The Federal Group; and Lindsay Greenleaf, J.D., MBA, of ADVI Health, provided insights and observations about the Trump administration’s approach to healthcare and drug pricing policy. Peter Wehrwein, managing editor of Managed Healthcare Executive, moderated the discussion.
Jenny Goins, interim head of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, says employers need the same visibility into medical benefits that a new Department of Labor rule gives them into PBM compensation.
Model N's Jesse Mendelsohn explains why drug manufacturers argued that a 340B rebates instead of upfront discounts will avoid an overlapping maximum fair price and 340B discounts
People with ADHD had a 70% higher risk of death from any cause in a 19-study meta-analysis, with excess deaths from suicide, injury and natural causes.
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