Medicaid Rx Spend Could Be Cut By Shifting To Actual Acquisition Costs, HHS Suggests
Executive Summary
State Medicaid agencies may be able to purchase drugs more efficiently by adopting the use of actual acquisition costs as the benchmark for reimbursement, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius suggests in a letter to governors released Feb. 3.
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