Federal Government Pricing File
Establish and Compare Pricing Methodologies for State Medicaid and Beyond
Get access to important drug pricing data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as soon as the government makes it available.
ACA FUL (Affordable Care Act Federal Upper Limit) is based on a formula detailed in the Affordable Care Act. It replaces previous pricing data point CMS FUL (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Federal Upper Limit). Healthcare businesses are anticipated to use ACA FUL information to establish reimbursement for drugs covered under Medicaid.
NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) is based on CMS’s monthly surveys of retail pharmacies to determine average acquisition cost for covered outpatient drugs.
What It Does for Your Business
- Helps save time by
- Eliminating manual processing of pricing updates and data output changes from the government
- Delivering NADAC and/or ACA FUL pricing data in one resource
- Helps reduce the risk of errors from manually gathering prices from the CMS website
- Keeps you current with content updates as often as daily when CMS posts new price data
- Assists payers/PBMs in considering price points when establishing contracts, particularly those involving state Medicaid
- Helps retail pharmacies anticipate baseline pricing for state Medicaid programs
- Supports a wide range of applications, as it links pricing data to National Drug Codes (NDCs), allowing the file to be used whether employing Medi-Span drug files or not
What It Provides
- Ability to license ACA FUL pricing, NADAC pricing, or both within your database
- Initial database provides access to current prices and up to 12 weeks of NADAC price history. (Up to 12 weeks of ACA FUL will be available in the database as pricing information evolves)
- ACA FUL data includes two price points:
- FUL – the monthly value of ACA
- Weighted Average AMP (Average Manufacturer’s Price)
- Content set provides indicators to Medi-Span content to identify if:
- The NDC is on the Medi-Span drug file
- The NDC is inactive in the Medi-Span drug file
- The Medi-Span unit of measure differs from that defined by CMS
- Extrapolates government NADAC and ACA FUL pricing from NDCs with CMS-published data to similar NDCs on the Medi-Span drug file that are not reported by CMS. On average, for every NDC CMS reports, Medi-Span extrapolates to an additional 1-2 NDCs, and those NDCs are readily identified and distinguished from NDCs with CMS-published data
Delivery Timing Options
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
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50%Hundreds of customers see 50% or greater increase in productivity with Medi-Span
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Who is Clinical Drug Information?
With the move to team-based care, conflicting data can lead to actual conflicts – from disparity in business decisions to confusion in communication. We research, validate, and synthesize content to show the right data to right people at the right time. With content developed in a consistent manner across all platforms and resources, your team receives aligned drug information no matter when or how they access it. This helps:
- Improve communication
- Reduce confusion
- Enhance patient care
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