Biden-Harris Administration Takes Next Steps to Increase Access to Sickle Cell Disease Treatments
Dear SCD Partners,
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that two drug manufacturers with Food and Drug Administration-approved gene therapies for sickle cell disease have entered into agreements with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model (press release attached).
The voluntary model, led by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, will test outcomes-based agreements for cell and gene therapies, with the aim to improve health outcomes, increase access to cell and gene therapies, and lower health care costs. These outcomes-based agreements will tie payments to whether the therapy improves health outcomes for people with Medicaid who receive these drugs.
