The model, beginning in 2026 for Medicaid and 2027 for Medicare, is voluntary for drug manufacturers, state Medicaid programs, and Medicare Part D plans
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Importantly, participants with diagnoses of peripheral vestibular disorders, dizziness, or hearing impairment before the index date or during the washout period were excluded, thereby strengthening the temporal relationship between exposure and outcomes
We evaluated previously utilized thresholds and score values corresponding to 10-year HCC risk thresholds from 0.25% to 5.0% using Cox proportional hazards regression