WASHINGTON — New documents obtained by STAT outline how Medicare is planning to build out a sizable new bureaucratic infrastructure to handle its new power to negotiate drug prices and penalize drugmakers for price hikes.
In materials sent to lawmakers earlier this month, CMS proposes establishing a Medicare Drug Rebate and Negotiations Group with six divisions:
- Division of Rebate Agreements & Drug Price Negotiations
- Division of Policy
- Division of Data Assessment and Analytics
- Division of Manufacturer Data and Inflation Rebate Operations
- Division of Manufacturer Compliance and Oversight
- Division of Contract Support
The proposal includes hiring 95 full-time employees, according to the organizational chart CMS provided. The roles include analysts, contracting officers, pharmacists, data managers, and economists, the documents show.
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