Other World Trade Organization members are doing more than the United States to protect U.S. intellectual property in pushing back against an effort to expand certain IP-related flexibilities to COVID-19 tests and treatments, a senior House Republican charged days before international talks were set to resume Tuesday (Nov. 22).
Other World Trade Organization members are doing more than the United States to protect U.S. intellectual property in pushing back against an effort to expand certain IP-related flexibilities to COVID-19 tests and treatments, a senior House Republican charged days before international talks were set to resume Tuesday (Nov. 22).
Rare disease advocacy groups hope the new Congress will prioritize investment in the development of rare disease treatments by passing bills that restore and reinforce seven-year exclusivity for drugs being developed for specific rare conditions, require regular reporting to improve the approval process of orphan drug designation and ensure patient input is counted throughout the development process.
Lobbyists expect Congress will likely waive the effects of upcoming PAYGO cuts on Medicare as part of the year-end package, but much of the rest of what could be a large legislative deal is still in flux -- including the extent to which the physician fee cuts will be mitigated and how much money lawmakers will dedicate to the health care industry overall.
The House Ways & Means Committee behavioral health provisions, including one to let Medicare reimburse marriage and family therapists directly, as well as mental health counselors, would cost $1.8 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health tells Inside TeleHealth it hopes its new policy to cover prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) will pave the way for insurers to offer the interventions more broadly.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health tells Inside TeleHealth it hopes its new policy to cover prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) will pave the way for insurers to offer the interventions more broadly.
