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Introduction Every fall, Medicare’s open enrollment period offers one of the most important opportunities for older adults to shape their healthcare costs for the coming year. From October 15 through December 7, beneficiaries can review or switch their Part D prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage (MA) coverage for 2026. But this year’s enrollment season…

What Is the Part D Late Enrollment Penalty (LEP)? The Medicare Part D late enrollment penalty (LEP) is one of the most misunderstood features of the prescription drug program, and one of the most expensive to correct. Designed as a deterrent to delaying enrollment, the penalty applies when someone goes 63 consecutive days or more…

Introduction The recent federal court decision rejecting Novo Nordisk’s challenge to Medicare’s drug price negotiation program marks one of the most consequential turning points in U.S. pharmaceutical policy since the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). For the first time in its history, Medicare has begun to negotiate directly with drug manufacturers to lower…

What the FDA Is Warning About Few drug classes have transformed medicine as dramatically as GLP-1 receptor agonists, the family that includes semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound). Initially approved for diabetes, they are now prescribed widely for weight loss and metabolic syndrome, driving unprecedented demand. But that same popularity has fueled an underground…

Introduction Under the Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule (CMS-0057-F), major payers, including Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, CHIP, and Qualified Health Plans, must build electronic prior authorization systems and application programming interfaces (APIs) that exchange data in real time. Few parts of American healthcare provoke more frustration than prior authorization, the process that forces clinicians to…

Introduction Expected to launch in 2025, this long-delayed framework will create the first formal mechanism under the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 for remote prescribing of Schedule II–V drugs. The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped American medicine almost overnight. As lockdowns began in 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) temporarily suspended in-person visit…

Introduction For decades, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have operated as the hidden power brokers of the American prescription drug market. Sitting between drug manufacturers, insurers, and pharmacies, these firms negotiate rebates, manage formularies, and ultimately decide which medications patients can access and at what price. The three largest PBMs (CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx)…

Introduction Starting in 2025, Medicare Part D beneficiaries will benefit from a historic $2,000 annual out-of-pocket cap on prescription drug costs—a major change designed to protect seniors from catastrophic medication expenses. This cap, mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), eliminates the unpredictable “cliff” that previously left beneficiaries exposed to unlimited costs in the catastrophic…

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