Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

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The Medicaid Drug Rebate Program is a U.S. federal initiative that requires drug manufacturers to provide rebates to state Medicaid programs in exchange for Medicaid coverage of their outpatient prescription drugs, helping control costs for the program.

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instanceOf U.S. federal program
drug rebate program
administeredBy Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
agreementType national rebate agreement
appliesTo brand-name drugs
generic drugs
outpatient prescription drugs
state Medicaid programs
associatedWithForm CMS-64
CMS-R-144
benefits federal Medicaid program
state Medicaid agencies
complianceRequirement manufacturers must pay quarterly rebates
manufacturers must report pricing data to CMS
conditionFor Medicaid coverage of manufacturers’ outpatient drugs
country United States
covers innovator multiple-source drugs
non-innovator multiple-source drugs
single-source drugs
dataReportedBy participating drug manufacturers
establishedBy Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
excludes most inpatient hospital drugs
frequencyOfRebates quarterly
fundingFlow manufacturers pay rebates to states
fundingFlow states share rebate information with CMS
impact reduces net cost of covered outpatient drugs for Medicaid
legalBasis Social Security Act Section 1927
monitoredBy CMS Medicaid and CHIP Operations Group
policyTool pharmaceutical pricing regulation mechanism
purpose to ensure Medicaid receives best price rebates from manufacturers
to reduce Medicaid prescription drug costs
rebateType additional inflation-based rebate
basic rebate
relatedTo 340B Drug Pricing Program
Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Program
Medicaid prescription drug benefit
Medicare Part D drug coverage
linked to: Medicare Part D
requires drug manufacturers to pay rebates to state Medicaid programs
states to submit utilization data to manufacturers
requiresAgreementWith drug manufacturers
scope outpatient drugs only
startDate 1991
supports Medicaid drug cost containment
targetPopulation Medicaid beneficiaries using outpatient prescription drugs
usesDataFrom Average Manufacturer Price
Best Price
National Drug Code

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340B Drug Pricing Program relatedProgram Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
Medicaid Drug Rebate Program relatedTo Medicaid prescription drug benefit
linked to: Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
OBRA-90 appliesTo Medicaid outpatient prescription drugs
linked to: Medicaid Drug Rebate Program