On December 19, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released GLOBE (Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing Model) and GUARD (Guarding U.S. Medicare Against Rising Drug Costs) ...
The Medicare Innovation Center has proposed two drug pricing models that would lower the cost of certain drugs to reflect international prices, which are often significantly lower than what U.S.
On December 19, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed two mandatory Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) drug payment models to test whether alternative ...
A new payment model from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to bring the Trump administration’s “Most Favored Nation” pricing deal to Medicaid, in an effort to link U.S. drug ...
The CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has announced a new model to test strategies that aim to improve medication use among Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Part D. The Part D Enhanced ...
The CMS could issue a rule this year requiring healthcare companies to share more information on drug costs, as the Trump administration continues to push for more price transparency in the sector, ...
John Wilkerson is a Washington correspondent for STAT who writes about the politics of health care. He is also the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. WASHINGTON — The Trump ...