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Fatema Turkistani1, Aseel Bin Sawad2
1Clinical & Hospital Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Purpose: To explore the best pricing benchmark for workers' compensation drugs reimbursement at retail pharmacies. Materials & methods: We used California workers' compensation system (CAWCS) total cost of pharmacy dispensed medications (2017-2019) as a proxy to estimate drug prices using alternative pricing mechanism fee schedules. Results: CAWCS paid 65.6% of the average wholesale price (AWP), 104.1% of Medi-Cal, 122.1% of the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC), 140.1% of the national average drug acquisition cost (NADAC), and 253.5% of the federal upper limit. In addition, we found the AWP-based formulas: CAWCS = AWP - 34.4%, Medi-Cal = AWP - 36.9%, WAC = AWP - 46.3%, NADAC = AWP - 53.2%, and federal upper limit = AWP - 74.1%. We found that AWP: 50% for generics and AWP - 18.2% for brands are the lowest paying formulas. The estimated median cost savings were $8.7 million (by adapting 97% of the WAC) and $9.5 million (by adapting the NADAC) across all states. Conclusion: NADAC was the best pricing benchmark for reimbursement of pharmacy dispensed drugs.
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