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Diana Harshbarger: “The CMS came back and said, oh, wait a minute, we're going…”

Featuring: Diana Harshbarger, Republican | U.S. House Tennessee, 1st Congressional District

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Full interview with Reps. Jake Auchincloss and Diana Harshbarger | POLITICO Health Care Summit 2025

Published | Video Starts at 19:20

And it's where oncology drugs during COVID you can mail those to the patient. These are oral chemotherapy drugs. Well, The CMS came back and said, oh, wait a minute, we're going to take that back. The patient has to come. You can't get a caregiver, you can't get a family member. The patient has to go pick those up from the oncologist. (19:20–19:25)

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Asserts that CMS reversed a decision regarding the mailing of oral chemotherapy drugs.

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