Pharmacy
Drug companies have said they are hamstrung by the current pharmacy benefit manager system, says HHS Secretary Alex Azar.
The Senate Finance Committee's bill would cancel planned cuts to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments for 2020 and 2021.
Among Humana's goals are to cover the pharmacy-related needs linked to hospice care, and simplify the mail order pharmacy experience.
There is no current remedy to the proposed 30 percent payment cut.
The agency is worried the demonstration program could disrupt patient access to care and exacerbate geographic disparities in access to medical care.
Judge Leon's order aligns closely with a plan CVS Health proposed to follow while the $69 billion merger is under review.
Federal Judge Richard Leon suggested a monitor oversee CVS Health and Aetna to ensure the businesses were kept separate while the merger was under review.
Adding an orphan indication to an on-market drug didn't correlate with a higher-than-average price increase.
The integration of insurer and pharmacy benefit manager follows that of CVS Health and Aetna.
CVS Health said it is maintaining a firewall to prevent the exchange of competitively sensitive information with Aetna.