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Collected variables included demographics, diabetes duration, BMI, HbA1c, BMI z-scores, medication type and dose, and adverse effects
In addition, because the demonstration will operate outside the Part D benefit, the manufacturers wont be responsible for providing the manufacturer price discount on eligible GLP-1s (10% in the Part D initial benefit phase and 20% in the catastrophic phase.) While many prior section 402 demonstrations have had to conform to budget neutrality rules by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), some demonstrations have been able to move forward without this requirement
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41 These issues may be particularly problematic among older patients, in whom collagen and elastin are usually already reduced