DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 10 (October)

Q4 drug prices average slight decreases, few changes to end year

Expect to close the year with minor pay changes overall for your most frequently billed drug codes. CMS leveled out its adjustments for 2012’s fourth quarter average sales price (ASP) list, effective Oct. 1, by giving pay bumps to about 40% of the listed drug codes. Drug prices for the fourth quarter averaged a 1.7% pay cut but remain relatively stable in comparison with previous quarters, CMS says in its ASP report.

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