{"id":3587,"date":"2016-07-18T08:17:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2016-07-18T08:17:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:17:14","slug":"fraud-concerns-emerge-as-compounding-drug-sales-skyrocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3587","title":{"rendered":"Fraud Concerns Emerge As Compounding Drug Sales Skyrocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Government spending on \u201ccompounded\u201d drugs that are handmade by retail pharmacists has skyrocketed, drawing the attention of federal investigators who are raising fraud and overbilling concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Spending on these medications in Medicare\u2019s Part D program, for example, rose 56 percent last year, with some of the costliest products, including topical pain creams, priced at hundreds or thousands of dollars per tube. The federal workers\u2019 compensation program has also seen a recent spike in spending. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/fraud-concerns-emerge-as-compounding-drug-sales-skyrocket\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=31756719&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_6YQpPOvFb2IAZy2WEsAhk96UA0LvP145UqE4ANUT1jQaEKBHEgFvFEGeaRWvdrLzusR0xIW55ic4zlIQ5kihE2548Lw&amp;_hsmi=31756719\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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