Cost Sharing

Patients with COPD had better inhaler adherence when invited to enroll in a program that lowers cost sharing for maintenance inhalers and offers medication management services, according to results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

CMS announced the launch of the Healthy Adult Opportunity plan, which allows individual states to change their Medicaid spending and benefits for individuals aged younger than 65 years who are eligible for coverage under Medicaid expansion and do not have a disability or need long-term care.