Drug Costs

US Drug Pricing Outstrips International Levels, Drives Spending

by Kelsey Waddill

Prescription drug spending in the US drives healthcare spending primarily due to high US drug pricing, not necessarily because of the number of drugs that providers prescribe use, a Commonwealth Fund...

Medicaid Programs Call for Medicare Coverage of Alzheimer’s Drug

by Kelsey Waddill

The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) is recommending that CMS approve Medicare coverage for Alzheimer’s disease therapies. “The outcome of Medicare’s coverage...

Medicare Coverage Determination for Alzheimer’s Drug Is Underway

by Victoria Bailey

CMS has started a national coverage determination analysis and will establish Medicare coverage policies for the new Alzheimer’s drug, aducanumab. Aducanumab is a monoclonal antibody that...