Congress Weighs Payments Disclosure.

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The article reports on the recommendation from the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) urging legislators to require manufacturers to provide information on payments prescribers, pharmacists and patients. Further, MedPAC wants detailed information on doctors and other parties receiving drug samples. It says that MedPAC's aim is to determine whether distribution of free medicines has an identifiable impact on prescribing decisions.