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Madeleine Cline

FSA, MAAA
Consulting Actuary
Brookfield, WI, US

Maddie Cline is a consulting actuary with the Milwaukee office of Milliman. She joined the firm in 2018.

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Experience

Maddie’s areas of expertise include Medicare Advantage and Part D, prescription drug analytics, and pharmaceutical manufacturer market access strategy.

Maddie has assisted Medicare Part D plans with bid preparation, formulary development, and strategic analyses. She leads Milliman-wide research in Medicare Part D formulary modeling and landscape analytics.

In the pharmacy space, Maddie has worked with pharmaceutical manufacturers, retail pharmacies, and industry organizations with an emphasis on the Medicare Part D benefit. Her most recent work includes helping various entities in the pharmacy supply chain understand the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Publications

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Early 2025 Medicare Part D claims show continued increase in non-low income specialty drug spend

15 April 2025 - by Dominic Duke, Madeleine Cline, David M. Liner
Medicare Part D claims show non-low income drug spending rose 43% in early 2025 versus a year earlier, while costs for other categories also accelerated.
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MedIntel Insights: Early look at Medicare Prescription Payment Plan enrollment

15 April 2025 - by Dominic Duke, Madeleine Cline, David M. Liner
MedIntel Insights: We give an early glimpse of Medicare Prescription Payment Plan enrollment, which had 179,000 beneficiaries participate in its first two months.
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Part D Trend insights

15 April 2025 - by Madeleine Cline, Rachel W. Madden, Katherine M. Holcomb
In our latest trend report on Medicare Part D, we present a more detailed review of utilization and cost patterns in the individual market through year-end 2024.
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Part D trend insights: Initial snapshot of 2024 trends through Q3

03 February 2025 - by Madeleine Cline, Rachel W. Madden, Katherine M. Holcomb
We look at the top-line gross cost trends in Medicare Part D, focusing on factors that stakeholders should consider as they review 2024 prescription drug data.
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Prescribing a Part D formulary for the new IRA world

13 December 2024 - by Madeleine Cline, Justin Harris, Jian-ya Lin, Mark F. Gruenhaupt, RPh
Medicare Part D: We highlight the changes in plan incentives and key trends in 2025 formulary coverage, along with considerations for 2026.
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Demonstrations and consolidations: A first view of the 2025 PDP market

24 October 2024 - by Jake K. Klaisner, Madeleine Cline
Analyzing data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, we highlight key changes in the prescription drug plan market for 2025.
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Breaking bid: What just happened?

18 September 2024 - by Emily Vandermause, Hayley M. Rogers, Jason Karcher, Madeleine Cline
The 2025 Medicare Advantage bid cycle has been one of the most tumultuous yet, as stakeholders took a stab at addressing significant changes to the risk models, the Inflation Reduction Act, significant Star Rating changes, bid resubmissions, unexpected PDP demonstrations, and potential regulatory uncertainty from the Supreme Court.
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Medicare price negotiation: Anchored drug prices in uncharted waters

05 September 2024 - by Katherine M. Holcomb, Madeleine Cline, Jake K. Klaisner, Jennifer Carioto, Gabriela Dieguez
We explore the implications of the 2026 maximum fair prices within Medicare price negotiation, part of a paradigm shift in Part D access and cost.
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Navigating new waters: How the Inflation Reduction Act alters government funding for Medicare Part D

06 August 2024 - by Madeleine Cline, David M. Liner
We discuss key drivers behind the increased direct subsidy for Medicare Part D due to the Inflation Reduction Act, along with implications for plan sponsors.
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Expected impact of Inflation Reduction Act Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program on Medicare Part D beneficiary out-of-pocket costs

25 June 2024 - by Madeleine Cline, Michelle (Klein) Robb, Katherine M. Holcomb
We analyze the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program on Part D beneficiary out-of-pocket costs.