Legislation has been filed in both the House and Senate that would prohibit the Health and Human Services Commission’s Vendor Drug Program from including any discount price offered for the prescription drug, including a discount offered through a third-party discount card when defining the price of a prescription drug for purposes of determining the Usual and Customary (U&C) reimbursement rate for Medicaid. These bills include SB 1619 by Sen. Charles Perry (R) and HB 3214 by Rep. Donna Howard (D).
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.