EHC Updates: EPC Reports Related to Medicines on the Medicare Drug Spending Dashboard

EHC Updates: EPC Reports Related to Medicines on the Medicare Drug Spending Dashboard

The following has been posted to the EHC Web site:

Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Reports Related to Medicines on the Medicare Drug Spending Dashboard

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a new online dashboard with information on prescription drugs for both Parts B and D of Medicare with high spending on a per user basis, high spending for the program overall, and those with high unit cost increases in recent years. This list of medications contributes to sharing of information about drug spending, and enhances and elevates the discussion around the rising costs of drugs.

Evidence reviews by the Evidence-based Practice Center program synthesize the evidence regarding the effectiveness of some of these drugs when used by certain populations for specific conditions. For the list of EPC reports relevant to the drugs on the Medicare Drug Spending Dashboard, go to http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news-and-announcements/cms-dashboard/.

For the complete Medicare Drug Spending Dashboard, go to https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Information-on-Prescription-Drugs/.

For the CMS announcement of this dashboard, go to: http://blog.cms.gov/2015/12/21/medicare-drug-spending-dashboard/.

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