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CMS’s IPAY 2029 Medicare Drug Price Negotiation proposed rule is drawing detailed policy feedback from Brookings and Duke-Margolis, while Teva’s partially revived IRA litigation signals continuing uncertainty around negotiated drug pricing that will flow through Part D affordability, specialty-drug management, and total-cost-of-care benchmarks for ACOs and CINs. For provider networks, the immediate implication is contract and pharmacy-risk planning: lower negotiated prices may reduce patient cost barriers and downstream avoidable utilization, but litigation and rulemaking uncertainty complicate actuarial assumptions for Medicare Advantage, ACO REACH, MSSP, and Medicaid managed care populations. See [Brookings on the IPAY 2029 rule](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxOamtaQ2kxTlc1NTQ4ZkVaa2l5LUNBbHBwRzF6TmlZRVppbERrYmw2T25aMmtpWTZSTkg4X05JYVFIc1FMUzZVanFmcGhvOVBFdVRjMDAwM2ZxLUFLMlJiT0ZTcFU5dVBVQW5ZU0RFS054UWJ4bktmcFhzZGVRTjhySGhLeUppY0hvYk0zQmdtdG1aWWNfamo2YWFZV2xyUU

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