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Chuikyo OKs Plan to Move Back Medical Fee Revisions to June from FY2024; Drug Price Updates to Remain in April
Japan will move back the timing of medical fee revisions to June from April, starting in FY2024, while sticking to the current April schedule for updating drug prices. A health ministry proposal to this effect was broadly approved by the…
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