The HHS OIG has examined Medicare Part B payments for compounded drugs and Medicare Administrative Contractors’ (MAC) procedures for reviewing and processing claims for compounded drugs, in light of safety concerns involving a 2012 meningitis outbreak and increased scrutiny of compounded drugs. According to the OIG, neither CMS nor MACs tracked the number of Part B claims or payment amounts for compounded drugs, nor do Part B claims contain information that can be used to systematically identify claims for compounded drugs. The OIG observes that the current “inability to track claims for compounded drugs and identify the compounding pharmacies limits the ability of CMS and MACs to take steps that could stop payments for compounded drugs produced in violation of the [Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic] Act. The OIG therefore recommends that CMS (1) establish a method to identify Medicare Part B claims for compounded drugs, (2) explore the possibility of requiring providers to identify on Part B claims the pharmacy that produced the compounded drug, and (3) consider conducting descriptive analyses of Part B claims for compounded drugs.