Pharmacists: New Reimbursement Rates for Drugs Unsustainable

Working the Spread“He also recounted an extreme case in which a pharmacist lost more than $100 on a psychiatric drug for which he was reimbursed $431. Meanwhile, the patient’s explanation of benefits from Arkansas Blue Cross indicated that his insurance had paid $1,005 for the drug, leaving a “spread” of $574 that was presumably retained by Caremark/CVS.”

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