Medicare-covered drugs
Executive Summary
CMS "will recognize drugs that are included in the USP-DI as meeting the definition of 'drug' or 'biologicals' under" the Social Security Act, agency says in response to letter from Reps. Johnson (R-Conn.) and Stark (D-Calif.). The Congressman had asked that CMS accept USP-Dispensing Information compendium as the successor to AMA's New Drugs compendium (1"The Pink Sheet" May 21, p. 8). "We expect to issue a clarification shortly on this issue," CMS adds