Tavenner Says She's 'Not Interested' In Second Look At Part D Policies

Tavenner Says She's 'Not Interested' In Second Look At Part D Policies-insidehealthpolicy: CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner said during a congressional hearing that the agency has no interest in re-introducing a series of controversial Part D policies it had proposed and then rescinded earlier this year. Her comments on Thursday (Sept. 18), the same day CMS released details on the Part D landscape for 2015. CMS in March put on hold policies from a proposed regulation that would have reduced the number of Medicare protected drug classes, opened up preferred pharmacy networks, limited the number of Part D plans insurers could offer and clarified the “non-interference” clause, which blocks the government from negotiating drug prices with manufacturers.