The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued several important updates concerning the reporting of Average Sales Price (ASP) with potential implications for manufacturers. ...more
On January 3, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) publicly released two reports with respect to Medicare Part B average sales price (ASP)....more
On October 13, 2021, the in-person portion of the annual informaconnect Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) Conference concluded in New Brunswick, New Jersey. A day earlier, on October 12, 2021, a joint hearing was held in...more
10/19/2021
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Section 340B
As we begin the new year, we wanted to highlight two final developments from December 2020:
First, on Dec. 27, 2020, the stimulus legislation H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (link), Pub. L. 116‑260...more
1/8/2021
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Section 340B
A perennial question for manufacturers of drugs and biologicals that require specialized handling, storage, or reconstitution is how to handle circumstances in which the product is spoiled, breaks, or otherwise becomes...more