House Budget To Hold Sept. 7 Hearing On Mandatory Part B Rx Price, Joint Replacement Demos

The House Budget Committee plans to hold a hearing Sept. 7 on whether CMS has the power to require providers to participate in demonstrations such as the Part B drug price and joint replacement demonstrations. Some lobbyists expect CMS to publish the final rule on the controversial Part B demo in September, and the joint replacement demo already started. CMS also proposed a mandatory cardiac pay bundle demonstration. “Concerns have been raised about whether the nature of CMMI’s new Medicare...