Medicare changed the list of sources/compendia that can be used for these reimbursement requests in 2009. The following journal article documents the change in Medicare policy.
Tillman K, Burton B, Jacques LB, Phurrough SE. Compendia and anticancertherapy under Medicare. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Mar 3;150(5):348-50. Epub 2009 Feb16. PubMed PMID: 19221368. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19221368
What I gleaned from this article and the CMA "Compendia" webpage:
The following library-licensed, online drug information resources are considered acceptable information sources:
- AHFS Drug Information (available online via UpToDate LexiDrug)
- Clinical Pharmacology
- LexiDrug (available online via UpToDate LexiDrug)
MICROMEDEX's DrugDex is one of the acceptible compendia. McGoogan Library no longer licenses this resource.
The NCCN Drugs and Biologics Compendium is also considered an acceptable information source. This compendium is now available only by subscription. Institutional subscriptions are expensive but the individual subscription rate is not exorbinant.
More information about the compendium approval process is available at: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coverage/CoverageGenInfo/compendia.html Some of the approved sources are only mentioned in the "Related Links" section of this page.
