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Statement to the CMS

The Lorenzen Cancer Foundation has joined with the public interest law firm Washington Legal Foundation and others in presenting a statement to Medicare officials voicing support for the Section 641 demonstration project and expressing concerns regarding CMS's proposed restrictions limiting coverage of the drug benefit to exclude off-label uses of FDA-approved drug or biological therapies.

Below are links to full text copies of our statement to the CMS and to the related press release.

Dale O’Brien, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Lorenzen Cancer Foundation

Ellen Pansky, esq.
Director of Public Policy
Lorenzen Cancer Foundation

Aaron Stoertz
Media Relations
Lorenzen Cancer Foundation

 

Full Text of COMMENTS to the CMS (in PDF format): please click [Here]

Full Text of the Press Release: please click [Here]

Link to the Washington Legal Foundation: please click [Here]

 

 

   
 


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