‘Sleeper Issue:’ How Part B Drugs May Be Impacted by Medicare Part D Redesign

February 15

Physician-administered drugs could catch some windfall due to the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Part D redesign.

Much time and energy has been focused on thinking about how drug pricing, rebating and Part D plan design may shift due to changes set to finish taking effect in 2025, including new caps on enrollee out-of-pocket spend and more liability falling on plans rather than taxpayers.

But a “sleeper issue here is what all of this is going to mean for Medicare Part B drugs,” said Avalere’s Kesley Lang on a January webinar on the health policy outlook for the new year.

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Lauren Flynn Kelly Managing Editor, Radar on Medicare Advantage

Lauren has been covering health business issues since the early 2000s and specializes in in-depth reporting on Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid and Medicare Part D. She also possesses a deep understanding of the complex world of pharmacy benefit management, having written AIS Health’s Radar on Drug Benefits from 2004 to 2005 and again from 2011 to 2016. In addition to her role as managing editor of Radar on Medicare Advantage, she oversees AIS Health’s publications and manages the health editorial staff. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in English.