USP Formulary Guidelines Back In Spotlight With Essential Health Benefits Proposal
Executive Summary
HHS proposes to use USP’s drug classification system, created as a guideline for Medicare Part D formularies, to facilitate “review, analysis and comparison” of the breadth of drug coverage offered by individual and small group private insurance plans beginning in 2014.
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