Biden Administration Releases Timeline IRA Medicare Provisions
Biden Administration Releases Timeline for Implementation of Inflation Reduction Act Medicare Provisions
The administration released a timeline for implementation of certain Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provisions, including provisions related to Medicare drug price negotiations.
As we have mentioned previously, the IRA grants the secretary of HHS the ability to negotiate the prices of certain drugs for the Medicare program with new prices beginning in 2026. Ten Part D drugs will be negotiated in 2026, with an additional 15 Part D drugs in 2027, 15 Part B or D drugs in 2028, 20 Part B or D drugs in 2029, and 20 more drugs each year beyond that. The bill dictates that the secretary can only negotiate prices on costly single-source drugs, those among the highest-spend products in Part B or Part D that do not have competing small-molecule generics or biosimilars that are both FDA-approved and marketed. The legislation also exempts “small biotech drugs” from negotiation until 2028….
PLUS! DOWNLOAD A CMS PDF OF THE IRA TIMELINE FOR A QUICK REFERENCE