By Gina Shaw
Within the past two years, Medicaid programs in eight states have been given authority by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate for supplemental rebates in a value-based contract. As of July 31, 2019, one of those states, Massachusetts, was also given local authority to directly negotiate with manufacturers for rebates.
During a presentation at this week's AMCP Nexus 2020 Virtual Meeting, pharmacists from MassHealth—the state’s combined Medicaid