A 12-page Executive Summary offering summary highlights for 22 Accountable Care Organizations and ACO solutions companies regarding their successes during the most recent MSSP performance year.
4 Findings: AHIP Research on Average Markups for Drugs Over Specialty Pharmacies
- Costs per single treatment for drugs administered in hospitals were an average of $8
- 200 more than those for the same drug purchased through specialty pharmacies
- Drugs administered in physician offices were an average of $1
- 500 higher than for the same drugs purchased through specialty pharmacies
- Hospitals
- on average
- charged 118% more for the same drugs
- compared to specialty pharmacies
- Physician offices charged 23% higher prices than specialty pharmacies for the same drugs
- on average
Source: AHIP, New Research Details Prescription Drug Pricing Pain for Patients - https://www.ahip.org/news/press-releases/new-research-details-prescription-drug…