This Week in Managed CareInternational Pricing Index for Medicare and Other Health News

Published: Nov. 3, 2018, 7 a.m.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care\xae recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.\n\nThis week, the top managed care new included a proposal to allow Medicare to pay the same prices for certain drugs as what other countries pay; President Donald Trump signed a law to fight the opioid crisis; an FDA advisory panel voted narrowly to retain a 10-year-old guidance for safety trials for diabetes drugs.\n\nRead more about the stories in this podcast:\nTrump Proposes Allowing Medicare to Base Drug Prices on What Other Countries Pay: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/trump-proposes-allowing-medicare-to-base-drug-prices-on-what-other-countries-pay\nWill Bipartisan US Opioid Law Go Far Enough to Save Lives? https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/will-bipartisan-us-opioid-law-go-far-enough-to-save-lives\nNarrow Vote Calls for Keeping Drug Safety Trials, but Many See Changes: https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/narrow-vote-calls-for-keeping-drug-safety-trials-but-many-see-changes\nSurvivors of Head and Neck Cancers Have an Elevated Risk for Suicide: https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/survivors-of-head-and-neck-cancers-have-an-elevated-risk-for-suicide\nCommunity Oncology Alliance (COA) Payer Exchange Summit 2018: https://www.ajmc.com/conferences/coapayersummit2018