April 2024

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TL/DR - Lawmakers in Connecticut are calling for further discussions about the security and confidentiality of patient health data in the state's Healthcare Information Exchange due to concerns from hospitals, doctors, and behavioral health providers. There are concerns about transparency, the sharing of specially protected information like…

TL/DR - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) has released research suggesting the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provisions will reduce costs for women with Medicare. The data suggests that the IRA's $35 cap on cost sharing for Medicare-covered insulin would have…

TL/DR - The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), introduced in 2022, permits Medicare to negotiate prices and rebates for certain drugs, which has sparked concerns over reductions in innovation and R&D in the biotech and pharma industries. The Act's different timelines for price negotiations for large and small molecule therapeutics may make the…