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Changing Oncology Reimbursement Could Cut Drug Shortages, Lawmakers Told

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Reforming oncology reimbursement is one method that could increase incentives to manufacturers and subsequently reduce drug shortages, according to testimony at a Senate Finance Committee hearing.

The hearing addressed causes of the recent drug shortages. About 30% of the drugs in short supply are oncology products.

Oncology drugs are reimbursed according to average sales price and an additional 6% markup that covers practice costs as a result of the Medicare Modernization Act in 2003, according to a perspective published last month in the New England Journal of Medicine. The authors said in the perspective that oncologists have incentive to use brand-name drugs that will provide a higher margin.

Read more: Changing oncology reimbursement could cut drug shortages, lawmakers told

Source: Modern Healthcare

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