Monday, April 9, 2007

AARP Launches Campaign To Allow Federal Negotiations For Medicare Prescription Drugs; CMS Releases Quality-Care Measures

Summaries of two recent developments related to Medicare appear below:

AARP: AARP on Wednesday asked members to call their senators in support of legislation that would allow the HHS secretary to negotiate prices directly with pharmaceutical companies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, CQ HealthBeat reports. According to AARP, members have made more than 60,000 calls and sent more than 42,000 e-mails to senators in support of the legislation.

CMS on Tuesday announced the release of 74 measures that the agency will use to determine the quality of physician care, CQ HealthBeat reports.


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