As Pricing Scrutiny Turns To Physician-Administered Drugs, PhRMA Points To Supply Chain Culprits

Hospital receive an average of 2.5 times what they pay for drugs in reimbursement from commercial payers, a white paper released by the trade group reports. And consolidation has increased the leverage hospitals wield in payment negotiations.

Physician-Administered Drugs A Fast Growing Health Care Cost

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America is taking a page from its pricing defense playbook for retail pharmacy drugs to highlight how hospitals and others in the supply chain contribute to high prices in the commercial insurance market for drugs administered by physicians and other providers.

For the past few years, PhRMA has worked to implicate pharmacy benefit manager and insurance plan rebating practices as the cause of high prices for drugs sold through retail pharmacy...

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