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ReviewMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development2023

Medicaid coverage practices for approved gene and cell therapies: Existing barriers and proposed policy solutions.

Jeremy Allen, Diane Berry, Francesca Cook, Ashley Hume, Rayne Rouce, Anirudh Srirangam, Jennifer Wellman, Caitlin McCombs

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Review in Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jeremy AllenSpark Therapeutics, Inc., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Diane BerrySarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Francesca CookREGENXBIO Inc., Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
Ashley HumeEmerging Therapy Solutions, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.
Rayne RouceCenter for Cell and Gene Therapy, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Anirudh SrirangamBristol Myer Squibb Company, Washington, DC 20004, USA.
Jennifer WellmanAkouos, Inc., a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, Boston, MA 02210, USA.
Caitlin McCombsAmerican Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, Waukesha, WI 53186, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current Medicaid system is ill equipped to handle the anticipated approvals of new gene and cell therapy products. These advanced therapies tend to be single-dose, potentially durable options for a variety of indications spanning oncology, rare disease, and more. The up-front cost of these therapies contrasts with chronic care treatment, which may incur cost over the life of a patient. The cost of these innovative treatments, along with the anticipated larger patient pools, can limit patient access as Medicaid programs operate on limited or fixed budgets. Given the value of these therapies for diseases that may have large Medicaid populations, the system will need to grapple with the existing barriers to access to ensure equitable patient care. This review focuses on one such barrier, discrepancies between product indications and state Medicaid and Medicaid Managed Care Organization coverage policies, and it proposes federal policy solutions to this barrier to better accommodate the exponential growth of the gene and cell therapy pipeline.

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cell therapyCMScoverage to labeldevelopment pipelinegene therapyMedicaidpatient experiencepayment policytime to treatmentvalue-based payment

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PMID37287748
PMCPMC10242491

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