Patient-Doc Task Force Building Legal Case Against Alternative Funding Programs
Executive Summary
From illegal importation under FDCA to possible ERISA, HIPAA and ACA violations – a task force led by CancerCare is pushing regulatory agencies with levers to go after employer plans use of alternative funding programs for specialty drugs, which they say violate multiple federal laws.
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