White House Budget Officials Reviewing Final Drug Rebate Rule

White House budget officials began reviewing Tuesday (June 11) HHS’ final version of a rule to ban drug rebates in Medicare and Medicaid that aren’t shared at the point of sale. The HHS Inspector General had planned to finish the rebate rule by June 3, when Medicare Part D plan bids were due. However, CMS recently told insurers the rule would be late and the next day HHS published a regulatory agenda that set a November publication date . If...