{"id":32061,"date":"2024-05-17T14:05:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T18:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avalere.com\/?p=32061"},"modified":"2025-01-06T15:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:48:05","slug":"a-closer-look-at-patient-support-upcoming-legislative-and-regulatory-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advisory.avalerehealth.com\/webinars\/a-closer-look-at-patient-support-upcoming-legislative-and-regulatory-changes","title":{"rendered":"A Closer Look at Patient Support: Upcoming Legislative and Regulatory Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The IRA added increasing complexity to drug pricing, stakeholder liability, and patient affordability. While the introduction of an out-of-pocket cap and the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan in Part D may allow for greater affordability for some enrollees, new liabilities for plans may create additional pressures for patients accessing and adhering to their treatments.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Coupled with vagueness in the commercially insured definition of cost sharing assistance as defined by HHS as well as the essential health benefit (EHB) loophole and the rising use of alternative funding programs, there is more uncertainty than ever for stakeholders and patients.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this webinar, our experts will delve into the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act and other relevant policies on patient access and affordability efforts from manufacturers, foundations, and patient advocacy organizations. Panelists will discuss topics including:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Changes of the IRA\u2019s Medicare Part D benefit redesign that will be effective in PY 2025 impacting patient access <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:1440}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Proliferation of affordability challenges in the commercial market (e.g., due to increase of copay maximizers, alternative funding programs)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:1440}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regulatory and legislative impacts to patient OOP expected for 2024 and 2025<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:1440}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Critical questions or solutions that stakeholders may adopt in response to policy changes<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:1440}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IRA added increasing complexity to drug pricing, stakeholder liability, and patient affordability. While the introduction of an out-of-pocket cap and the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan in Part D may allow for greater affordability for some enrollees, new liabilities for plans may create additional pressures for patients accessing and adhering to their treatments.\u00a0\u00a0 Coupled with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":29424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1001],"content-categories":[259],"class_list":["post-32061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webinars","tag-ira","content-categories-policy","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Closer Look at Patient Support: Upcoming Legislative and Regulatory Changes | Avalere Health Advisory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/advisory.avalerehealth.com\/webinars\/a-closer-look-at-patient-support-upcoming-legislative-and-regulatory-changes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Closer Look at Patient Support: Upcoming Legislative and Regulatory Changes | Avalere Health Advisory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The IRA added increasing complexity to drug pricing, stakeholder liability, and patient affordability. 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