Bacteriostatic Agent: Contains 0.9% benzyl alcohol to inhibit bacterial growth
As discussed in the CY 2025 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period, this decision to continue the low wage index hospital policy under the OPPS for CY 2025 (and thus to diverge from the IPPS wage index for FY 2025) was due principally to the unique circumstances presented by the timing of the court decision and subsequent IFC and the statutory authority that CMS relied upon to implement the low wage index hospital policy under the OPPS was different than the statutory authority relied upon for the policy under the IPPS
Though there are dozens of PBMs in the United States, threeCVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx, all of which are closely integrated with insurance providers (Aetna, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare, respectively)now dominate the market
Identifying the proper patient population is imperative for clinical trials, and that was evidenced in this study, where ~40% of participants, despite meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria, did not fulfill the biological definition of AD