Resources for students such as educational tools covering a variety of managed care topics and information on professional opportunities (internships, APPEs, fellowships and residencies) related to managed care pharmacy.
On Friday, November 21, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released CY 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payments Final Rule, updating Medicare rates and announcing policy changes. The rule includes payment increases for hospitals and ASCs meeting quality reporting requirements and outlines significant reforms related to drug payment and procedural lists. There is a 30-day notice for comments on IRA negotiation factors for 2028 (comment period will begin once forms are published).
On December 9, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released final guidance on promotional labeling and advertising for prescription biological reference products, biosimilar products, and interchangeable biosimilar products (Final Guidance).
As mostly non-pediatric organizations representing public health, older adults, patients, family caregivers, consumers and healthcare workers, we support everyone having access to every vaccine they need, regardless of their age. In the United States alone, routine childhood vaccinations for children born between 1994 and 2023 are projected to prevent about 1.13 million deaths, and hundreds of millions of illnesses and hospitalizations. Put simply, childhood vaccines make healthy adults.
On December 4 and 5, 2025, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss and vote on the committee’s recommendations for the hepatitis B birth dose and the childhood and adolescent vaccination schedule.
On Tuesday, November 25, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Maximum Fair Prices (MFPs) for 15 products selected for negotiation under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDPNP). The MFPs for these products will take effect in Medicare Part D starting in 2027, bringing the total number of products with negotiated prices to 25.
On November 25, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the maximum fair price (MFP) for each of the 15 selected drugs for IPAY 2027, which will go into effect beginning January 1, 2027. These negotiated prices reflect a marked increase in savings compared to the initial 2026 cohort, influenced by newer drugs and expanded pricing benchmarks.
On Nov. 9, the Senate voted to end the longest federal government shutdown in history, with Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) promising to hold a floor vote on a bill to extend the expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits (PTCs) in mid-December. On Nov. 19, the Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing to discuss solutions to lower Americans’ health care costs, in which witnesses and Senators primarily focused on the role of the ACA.
AMCP commends ACIP’s commitment to regularly reviewing the scientific evidence underlying national immunization recommendations. We recognize the importance of maintaining guidance that is both scientifically rigorous and operationally feasible across diverse care settings. In that spirit, we offer the following comments on the Committee’s ongoing consideration of vaccine safety and the hepatitis B vaccine birth-dose recommendation.
On November 18, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final guidance entitled “Patient-Focused Drug Development: Selecting, Developing, or Modifying Fit-for-Purpose Clinical Outcome Assessments” (Final Guidance).
