Pharmacy DIR Reform To Reduce Senior Drug Costs Act
Summary
Pharmacy DIR Reform To Reduce Senior Drug Costs Act This bill establishes certain requirements for prescription drug plans and the prices of covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Specifically, the bill requires price concessions, payments, and fees that are negotiated with a pharmacy to be included in a drug's negotiated price, excluding incentive payments, and for this price to be provided at the point of sale. Additionally, prescription drug plans must report price concessions or incentive payments that are made after payment for covered drugs at the point of sale, including by contracted intermediaries, to the pharmacy at least annually. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish standardized pharmacy performance measures with respect to incentive payments and price concessions; such measures must account for all pharmacy types, including specialty pharmacies, and focus on patient health outcomes and other targeted areas.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 27, 2021
Last action May 27, 2021
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Committee
1
May 27, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jon Tester
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
James M. Inhofe
RRepublican
Co
Joe Manchin, III
IIndependent
Co
John Boozman
RRepublican
Co
John Thune
RRepublican
Co
Joni Ernst
RRepublican
Co
Roger F. Wicker
RRepublican
Co
Roger Marshall
RRepublican
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