Drug Prices Paid by DOD and VA Are, on Average, Lower Than Those Certified to HCFA as Best Price

Abstract

The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) administers the Medicaid "best price" provisions, which require drug manufacturers to report their lowest drug prices to HCFA. The best price data are used to calculate rebates to state Medicaid programs. As agreed to with your office, we analyzed certain drug prices paid by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and compared them with the prices of drugs certified to HCFA by manufacturers as the best price. Both DOD and VA can access the Federal Supply Schedule for the prices they pay.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 2000
Accession Number
AD1154496

Entities

People

  • Robert H. Hast
  • William Hamel

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Agreements
  • Congress
  • Coverings
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • House Of Representatives
  • Maintenance
  • National Governments
  • Social Security
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.