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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - December 2025 #2
18 Dec 2025 01:27 GMT
… , and addressed to Medicare Advantage & Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors, the Centers … Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) stated that three of the 10 drugs … years.
Source: StatNews.
DRUG DISTRIBUTOR CHALLENGE TO CONNECTICUT PRICE CAP LAW CONTINUES …
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Attorney General Tong Announces Development in Generic Drug Price-Fixing Case
04 Dec 2025 18:14 GMT
… restrain trade of generic drugs accounting for billions of … -funded healthcare programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and individuals … conspiracy that connects the drugs and defendants in … first trial in Connecticut. Generic drug manufacturers engaged in …
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Baldest states: See how Washington ranks for hair-loss medication prescriptions
02 Dec 2025 21:50 GMT
… 44 are for hair-loss drugs. That is five times … 1.5%)
California (1.4%)
Connecticut (1.2%)
Together, these states … #39;s because Medicare coverage explicitly excludes medications for cosmetic purposes …
Minoxidil is a topical drug applied directly to the scalp …
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Expanded Medicare Coverage Could Bring GLP-1s to Millions
02 Dec 2025 13:14 GMT
… for obesity drugs and to expand their access to Medicare enrollees could … , thanks to its obesity drug Zepbound and diabetes medication Mounjaro. In mid … medicine at the University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut. “But is it stable …
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Medicare Advantage plans are leaving Vermont. Now what?
27 Nov 2025 01:33 GMT
… from the Connecticut coast in 2023, she selected a Medicare Advantage … of costs.
Medicare Part D offers prescription drug coverage, which … require approval before covering some drugs and services and often … said she’s buying a drug plan, vision and hearing …
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Connecticut hospitals get top ratings in patient safety. See which ones for an ‘A’
14 Nov 2025 14:36 GMT
… ’s Hospital, and University of Connecticut Health Center John Dempsey Hospital … , primarily from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including evaluating … per patient, safe administration of medications, nurse and doctor communications, the …
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New Connecticut Health Care Laws Effective in the New Year
07 Nov 2025 00:24 GMT
… which includes Medicare and Medicaid providers. A Connecticut statute passed … Workforce Officer to encourage Connecticut high school students to … 2026).
Prescription Drugs
Price Caps on Prescription Drugs
On and … the new law, a drug that is determined by …
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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - November 2025
04 Nov 2025 20:03 GMT
… officer with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), discussed … ).
Medicare Part D
No developments to report.
State Law Developments
DRUG DISTRIBUTORS … CHALLENGE TO CONNECTICUT PRICE CAP LAW CONTINUES …
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More Price Cuts Are Coming for Diabetes Drugs. Here's What to Expect in 2026
04 Nov 2025 02:04 GMT
… 10 drugs to receive negotiated price cuts are diabetes medications. … who qualify for its drug Kerendia, used to treat … of coverage.
For instance, Connecticut caps costs at $25 … and trustworthy.
Medicare.gov. Insulin.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services …
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Medicare Advantage enrollees face growing uncertainty choosing plans, keeping doctors During open enrollment many seniors will find that choosing a plan is no longer just about premiums or benefits.
03 Nov 2025 19:38 GMT
… sponsors — private insurers who manage Medicare benefits — negotiated quietly with … prices for medical supplies and drugs.
At OHSU, hospital leaders … exceptions being Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and New York.
Meanwhile, some Medicare Advantage …