On June 13, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule on Medicare Prescription Drug
Benefit Program; Health Information Technology Standards and Implementation
Specifications (Final Rule).
PDTs offer significant promise in treating certain conditions and improving access to care, but participants
agreed that a new modality requires new approaches to coverage. This brief is intended to help prepare the American health care system to begin covering PDTs.