November 10, 2024
Lantheus (LNTH): CMS Corrects Payments, Pylarify Rates Down 46%
Key Takeaways: Consistent with our pre- and post-rule expectations [here, here, here], CMS this weekend has updated the payment tables released with its CY25 hospital outpatient rule on Nov. 1, reducing the per unit rate…
November 6, 2024
Lantheus (LNTH): Pylarify Post-Earnings, Still Expecting Cut
We continue to believe that CMS is likely to issue a revised hospital outpatient payment rate for Lantheus’ (LNTH) Pylarify in the coming days / weeks that would reduce the Medicare per service rate by…
November 4, 2024
Lantheus (LNTH): Pylarify Hospital Rates Likely Down ~45%, Despite CMS Error
Key Takeaways: Consistent with our pre-rule expectations [see here], hospital outpatient rates for LNTH’s Pylarify appear set for a ~45% YoY decline in CY25 following CMS’s final rule. While enactment of “separate payments” for all…
October 23, 2024
Lantheus (LNTH): Pylarify Medicare Rate Expectations
Key Takeaways: With CMS due to release its CY25 hospital outpatient rule ~Nov. 1, we expect it to finalize separate payments for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, though with slight odds to the impact being a ~45% reduction…