A number of Massachusetts-based providers, community-based organizations and clinical sites joined us in writing to you in August 2022 to express our concern that MassHealth had not yet added cabotegravir, a new long-acting injectable form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV, to its formulary, and to urge MassHealth to make sure it is available without any barriers to access, such as utilization management or prior authorization requirements. (A copy of the August letter is attached.)
Comments on proposed national elimination plan for hepatitis C
HIV+Hep offered comments on the proposed national elimination plan for hepatitis C, asking how the initiative would be funded and authorized, where the initiative would be housed, and why there is a need for the government to purchase medications.
HIV/AIDS groups letter in support of MassHealth making injectable long-acting PrEP available without barriers
HIV/AIDS groups are concerned that MassHealth (Massachusetts Medicaid) has not yet added cabotegravir, a new long-acting injectable form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV, to its formulary. We urge MassHealth to make sure injectable long-acting cabotegravir as PrEP is available on formulary without any barriers to access, such as utilization management or prior authorization requirements.
Comments on prescription drug limitations in proposed Oregon Medicaid waiver
The HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute write[s] to express our strong opposition to the proposed limits to the prescription drug formulary that have been included as part of Oregon’s 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver. The stated goal of the waiver is to promote greater equity; however, not only do we believe what Oregon is proposing is not legal, but it will have the opposite effect of promoting equity. We urge you to not include these proposals in your waiver submission.
Comments on Medicaid rebate rule
The HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute, a national, non-profit organization whose mission is to promote quality and affordable healthcare for people living with or at risk of HIV, hepatitis, and other serious…