Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2021
Summary
Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2021 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a demonstration project to evaluate the benefits of providing additional payments to providers of biosimilars under Medicare. Specifically, under the demonstration project, participating providers receive an additional payment based on the difference between the costs to the provider of furnishing the biosimilar and the cost if the provider had furnished the underlying reference biological product instead.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 28, 2021
Last action Apr 28, 2021
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2
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Committee
1
Apr 28, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Apr 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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