Pharmaceutical coverage & spending

Listed below are direct links to Council on Medical Service (CMS) reports from June 1998 to the present related to pharmaceutical coverage and spending. The recommendations in these reports reflect the final actions of the AMA House of Delegates and are official AMA policy.

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Study of Cost Sharing Arrangements in Prescription Drugs (PDF, 31KB)
CMS Report 1, I-07

Maximum Allowable Cost of Prescription Medications (PDF, 26KB)
CMS Report 2, A-07

Health Plan Treatment of Specialty Pharmaceuticals (PDF, 40KB)
CMS Report 4, I-06

Health Insurance Coverage of Specialty Pharmaceuticals (PDF, 42KB)
CMS Report 2, I-05

Reducing Prescription Drug Prices (PDF, 136KB)
CMS Report 7, I-03

Health Plan Coverage of Prescription Drugs (PDF, 134KB)
CMS Report 6, A-03

Study of State Actions to Control Pharmaceutical Costs (Word, 54KB)
CMS Report 2, A-02

Continuity of Physicians and Pharmaceuticals in Managed Care Organizations (Word, 52KB)
CMS Report 8, A-02

Medicare Pharmaceutical Benefit (Word, 41KB)
CMS Report 11, A-02

Pharmaceutical Spending in the United States (Word, 97KB)
CMS Report 3, I-00

Costs and Benefits of Pharmaceutical Use in the United States (Word, 106KB)
CMS Report 9, I-99

Pharmacy Benefit Risk Sharing by Physicians (Word, 30KB)
CMS Report 12, I-99

Health Plan Coverage for Over-the-Counter Drugs (Word, 50KB)
CMS Report 1, I-98

Outpatient Pharmaceutical Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries (Word, 38KB)
CMS Report 11, I-98