“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs are joining forces to better track medications, including opioids, prescribed to veterans outside of the VA.”
“The two agencies have established a drug safety surveillance agreement giving the VA the ability to monitor medical prescriptions issued to veterans through Medicare Part D.”
“According to a joint announcement, this new arrangement will enable the VA to access up-to-date CMS prescription data about the medications used by veterans who are enrolled in both the VA’s health system and Medicare…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS, VA to share data on prescriptions for veterans – By Greg Slabodkin, May 1, 2019. HealthData Management.
