Relevant to: Pharmaceutical Manufacturers; All Part D Plan Sponsors
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Public L. 117-169 (IRA), established the Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program (Discount Program) that begins on January 1, 2025. Since publication of the Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program Final Guidance and the Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program: Methodology for Identifying Specified Manufacturers and Specified Small Manufacturers on November 17, 2023, CMS has received technical questions from manufacturers, Part D sponsors, and other interested parties regarding the policies and methodologies described in those documents. The attached document is intended to provide clarifying responses to those questions.