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34 SUPPLY CHAIN Medicare's Top 15 Costliest Drugs in 2015 By Ayla Ellison C MS released data in November identifying the costli- est drugs to Medicare in 2015, and Gilead Sciences' hepatitis C treatment Harvoni topped the list. According to the data, the eight Medicare Part D drugs with the highest total spending each accounted for more than $2 billion in gross Part D spending last year. The five costli- est Medicare Part B drugs in 2015 are the same as in 2014, and combined they totaled more than $7 billion in spend- ing, according to CMS. Here are the 15 drugs that Medicare spent the most on in 2015. 1. Harvoni (hepatitis C treatment) — $7.03 billion 2. Lantus; Lantus Solostar (diabetes) — $4.36 billion 3. Crestor (high cholesterol) — $2.88 billion 4. Advair Diskus (asthma) — $2.27 billion 5. Spiriva (COPD) — $2.19 billion 6. Januvia (diabetes) — $2.13 billion 7. Revlimid (cancer) — $2.08 billion 8. Nexium (gastroesophageal reflux disease) — $2.01 billion 9. Eylea (age-related macular degeneration) — $1.81 billion 10. Lyrica (nerve and muscle pain) — $1.77 billion 11. Humira; Humira Pen (rheumatoid arthritis) — $1.66 billion 12. Abilify (mental/mood disorders) — $1.57 billion 13. Rituxan (cancer) — $1.56 billion 14. Xarelto (blood clots) — $1.52 billion 15. Enbrel (Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitor) — $1.39 billion n Gartner Names Top 25 Supply Chains in Healthcare By Mackenzie Bean G artner released is eighth annual Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 rankings in November. e list recognizes 25 health systems or healthcare companies for their efforts to im- prove human lives at sustainable costs, ac- cording to a news release. Intermountain Healthcare earned the top spot on this year's list aer ranking third for the past two years. rough a recent sup- ply chain initiative to boost standardization among 62 clinical product categories, the Salt Lake City-based health system achieved $24 million in savings on clinical commodity products. Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health, which took home the No. 2 spot for the second year in a row, is also the highest ranked distribu- tor on the list, according to the report. Mayo Clinic dropped from first on the list in 2015 to third this year. However, the Rochester, Minn.- based health system represents one of the most consistent performers on the list, ranking among the top five for the past six years. Here is the complete 2016 list of Gartner's Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 rankings in descending order. 1. Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City) 2. Cardinal Health (Dublin, Ohio) 3. Mayo Foundation (Rochester, Minn.) 4. Mercy (St. Louis) 5. McKesson (San Francisco) 6. Owens & Minor (Richmond, Va.) 7. CVS Health (Woonsocket, R.I.) 8. Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, N.J.) 9. AmerisourceBergen (Chesterbrook, Pa.) 10. Cleveland Clinic 11. Walgreens Boots Alliance (Deerfield, Ill.) 12. Banner Health (Phoenix) 13. Medtronic (Dublin, Ireland) 14. Ascension Health (St. Louis) 15. Ochsner Health System (New Orle- ans) 16. BD (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) 17. Novartis (Basel, Switzerland) 18. Pfizer (New York City) 19. Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.) 20. Amgen (ousand Oaks, Calif.) 21. BJC HealthCare (St. Louis) 22. Henry Schein (Melville, N.Y.) 23. Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.) 24. Roche (Basel, Switzerland) 25. Abbott (Abbott Park, Ill.) n