Verma Says Doctors In IPI Would Be Paid $1.3 B More; Others Disagree

By John Wilkerson / November 16, 2018 at 12:42 PM
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said Wednesday (Nov. 14) that doctors will make more money in the proposed International Pricing Index pilot, but ADVI Chief Innovation Officer Mike Kolodziej said doctors will surely make less. Brand-drug makers staunchly oppose the international price indexing model, and much of the proposed demonstration’s success depends on whether doctors will accept it and whether vendors will participate. The International Pricing Index would base Part B drug prices on prices that foreign countries pay and revamp...


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