Price Increases of Protected-Class Drugs in Medicare Part D, Relative to Inflation, 2012-2017.

Hwang, Thomas J; Dusetzina, Stacie B; Feng, Josh; Maini, Luca; Kesselheim, Aaron S · JAMA · 2019

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

This study characterizes price increases exceeding inflation between 2012 and 2017 for protected-class drugs (antineoplastics, antiretrovirals, antidepressants, antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, and immunosuppressants for transplant patients) that would lead to their exclusion from Medicare Part D coverage based on excessive cost under a 2018 CMS rule intended to facilitate more effective price negotiations.

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