CMS Expected To Address Preferred Pharmacy Network Debate In 2016 Call Letter

By Michelle M. Stein / February 19, 2015 at 7:51 PM
Pharmacy benefit managers say CMS should put the debate over preferred-pharmacy networks to rest in the draft 2016 Medicare Advantage and Part D Call Letter, which is scheduled to be published Friday (Feb. 20), but community pharmacists would like the agency to propose that all pharmacies may participate in preferred pharmacy networks, as long as they accept network discounts, or proposes stricter network adequacy standards, which could have the effect of opening networks to more pharmacies. Either way, the agency...


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