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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Hearings and Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Key Changes: It implements a base year payment rate structure effective January 1, 2026, which will set specific payment rates for various levels of care, including outpatient and residential treatment services, and mandates annual adjustments based on the Medicare Economic Index, beginning January 1, 2027.

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Gun Violence Reduction Law Further Extends Moratorium on Trump-Era Rebate Rule

FDA Law Blog

However, because the rule was projected to cost the federal government about $196 billion over ten years, further moratoria on implementation of this rule have become a handy way for Congress to pay for other legislative priorities. Thus, Congress has discovered in the rebate rule a use that was not originally intended by HHS.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 1): White House Drug Pricing Plan Offers Laundry List of Existing Democrat Priorities

FDA Law Blog

A final OIG rule to change the structure of manufacturer rebates to Medicare Part D and Medicaid Managed Care plans and their PBMs is enmeshed in litigation and is likely to be at least postponed until 2026 (see our post ), and perhaps prevented from implementation altogether, by Congressional mandate.