Medicare Negotiation List Surprises Highlight The Importance Of Current Spending Data
Executive Summary
Some drugs recorded significant increases in Medicare gross spending between the periods covered by publicly available data and what CMS had access to internally, which contributed to their unexpected presence on the list.
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