Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174969 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6846
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Recent political events have thrust the bulk negotiation of drug prices by Medicare and Medicaid back into the spotlight. Yet, even if politically feasible, there is no clear framework for negotiating prices of new drugs with uncertain target populations—for example, due to imprecise estimates or off-label use—or uncertain clinical effects—for example, due to heterogeneous patient response. We create such a framework using two-price programs developed in the economics of procurement literature. This framework delivers new payment strategies, and unifying them with theoretical advances in pharmaceutical reimbursement like capitation and value-based pricing. Two-price programs substantially reduce uncertainty for both payers and pharmaceutical companies, while still creating financial incentives for those companies that innovate and create value for patients.
JEL: 
H51
I11
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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