CMS pulls plug on projects aimed at improving care, saving on costs

CMS pulls plug on projects aimed at improving care, saving on costs 
KFF Health News - Morning Briefing; 3/13/25 
One initiative that has been scrapped would have offered some generic drugs to Medicare enrollees for $2. ...

• The Wall Street Journal: Medicare Agency To End Some Demonstration Projects, Cancel $2 Generic Drug Initiative
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to terminate four demonstration projects at the end of 2025, closing out models affecting primary care, kidney care and healthcare payments in the state of Maryland. The agency will also make changes to other projects, including dropping a planned initiative that would offer certain generic drugs to Medicare enrollees for $2. CMS said its planned terminations would save nearly $750 million, and an agency official said the projects would affect millions of patients. (Mathews, 3/12)