Average Wholesale Prices in Workers’ Comp Pharma Are a Canard. Why Are We Still Using them to Calculate Medicare Set-Asides?

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Risk & Insurance - Feb 16, 2023

AWP has been the source of litigation, challenges and legislation for decades. CMS no longer allows AWP to be used as a basis for pricing drugs under Medicare. The post Average Wholesale Prices in Workers’ Comp Pharma Are a Canard. Why Are We Still Using them to Calculate Medicare Set-Asides?...

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