March 2, 2016 | Dave Weiss
867 Master Data and Channel Analytics Has Emerged as the Best Solution for 5i Products Under the Final AMP Rule
By now, government price departments are well underway towards implementing the Final Average Manufacturer Price (AMP) Rule recently issued by the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). AMP is the average manufacturer price paid by retail community pharmacies (RCP). One of the key provisions of the sub-regulatory guidance is related to “5i” drugs (i.e., infused, injected, implanted, inhaled, or instilled drugs) that are drugs that are “not generally dispensed“ (NGD) in retail pharmacies but rather at infusion centers, specialty pharmacies, and so on. Even though 5i drugs are not sold into retail, they still require an AMP for other […]