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Pallone urges CMS drug spending update

April 9, 2018 10:50 PM UTC

House Energy & Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) is urging CMS to update its Drug Spending Dashboards. According to a letter sent to CMS Administrator Seema Verma on April 6, the agency has not updated the dashboards since President Donald Trump's administration began.

The online tools provide public access to government spending information on prescription drugs in Medicare and Medicaid Programs. This includes the average annual beneficiary cost and the annual change in the average cost per unit of tracked prescription drugs. ...