tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 38

PHARMACEUTICALS: GAO Outlines Skyrocketing Drug Price Pattern

Feds analyze pair of pharmacy assistance programs for report.As the federal government takes on more of the country's drug cost burdens under Medicare Part D and pharmaceutical companies continue to raise their prices, providers could find themselves caught within a cost-cutting tug-of-war. Report Reveals U&C Price Tags In a study released on Sept. 15, the Government Accountability Office says that drug prices skyrocketed from January 2000 to December 2004. The GAO obtained the usual and customary prices from two state pharmacy assistance programs and reviewed the pricing trends of 96 drugs that Medicare and non-Medicare Blue Cross...

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