Maryland Moves Forward With Upper Payment Limit Policies

As noted in the Value of Care Coalition’s most recent blog post, Colorado and Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Boards (PDAB) are both in the process of considering how to set upper payment limits (UPL) on certain drugs. While the timeline in Colorado remains...

Understanding Maryland’s Draft UPL Action Plan

On Friday, August 9, the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board released its draft Upper Payment Limit Action Plan. If the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board determines that a drug “has led or will lead to affordability challenges for the State...

Do prescription drug affordability boards live up to their name?

Health care payers are intensely focused on the cost of healthcare, particularly pharmaceutical costs. States, as large purchasers of health care, are seeking new and expanded ways to reduce these costs. One means they have recently begun to employ is prescription...