NASP Has Had Enough of DIR Fees
Suzette DiMascio, CHE CMCE CPC
Passionate Patient Advocate I Specialty RX I Rare Disease I Health Systems I 340B I I Hubs/Copay I Digital Health I Private Equity I Start-Ups I Board Member I Key Note Speaker I Women Leadership I Proud Military Mom ?
A recent comment by PCMA's CEO, Mark Merritt prompt a shot across the bough on Direct and Indirect Remuneration Fees plaguing the industry right now.
NASP feels that Merritt's comment that DIR Fees "don’t harm the health
industry in any way; They only help it," is " inaccurate and strongly feel that they do unfortunately harm the health industry, particularly as it relates to the negative impact on specialty pharmacy providers."
NASP opposes percentage of drug cost penalties on specialty
pharmaceuticals, given their high cost and the low margins with which
specialty pharmacies support patients and prescribers.
As a founding member of NASP- I applaud taking a stand on this egregious attempt by PBMs to collect "fees" that have no cap on the dollar figure of the percentage fee applied in some DIR Fee programs, resulting in upwards to $1,000 per prescription being pulled back from the specialty pharmacy - this must STOP before it compromises the exceptional care given by specialty pharmacies nationwide.
Passionate Patient Advocate I Specialty RX I Rare Disease I Health Systems I 340B I I Hubs/Copay I Digital Health I Private Equity I Start-Ups I Board Member I Key Note Speaker I Women Leadership I Proud Military Mom ?
8 年Cliff you are so correct. I think the atmosphere is prime for legislative changes and NASP is starting to challenge the status quo.
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8 年Merritt's statement was inaccurate to say the least. When I try to explain the concept of DIR's to my non-pharmacy entrepreneur friends, they unanimously ask "How can those even be legal?!" Perhaps they will not be for much longer....
Suzette, love to hear more about this subject. Very interesting topic.
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8 年Suzette you are correct the patient care provided by the Specialty Pharmacy should not be compromised.