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COA: New Part D Reimbursement Is Not ‘Reasonable and Relevant’

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    Mar 14, 2024

    Specialty pharmacies and oncology practices dispensing costly specialty medications have long complained that Medicare Part D direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees are not appropriate for these drugs. Efforts to do away with these retroactive fees were finally successful, but revamped reimbursement has brought a new problem — underwater reimbursement — claims the Community Oncology Alliance (COA).

    DIR includes rebates and price concessions that occur after the point of sale. According to CMS, total DIR “has been growing significantly in recent years.…In 2020, pharmacy price concessions accounted for about 4.8 percent of total Part D gross drug costs ($9.5 billion), up from 0.01 percent ($8.9 million) in 2010.”

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    • Angela Maas

    Angela has an extensive background of editing, reporting and writing for trade and consumer publications. She has written Radar on Specialty Pharmacy since she joined AIS Health in 2005 and has broad knowledge of the various issues at play within the space. She also has written for Spotlight on Market Access since its 2017 launch. Before joining AIS Health, she was managing editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit News Canada and managing editor at Hem Aware (a hemophilia publication), Lupus Living and Momentum (a multiple sclerosis publication). She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British literature from Arizona State University.

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