Medicare Rx Card Price Increases Must Be Commensurate With AWP Changes, CMS Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Drug card sponsors are contractually obligated to provide a certain percentage discount off AWP; that discount may only be changed "for a cause," Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official tells House subcommittee.
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