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an $8 fee per prescription for any subsequent prescriptions
during the month.
We are also proposing to expand the circumstances under
which we pay supplying fees for multiple prescriptions
filled on the same day. Currently, we pay a supplying fee
for each prescription supplied on the same day as long as
the prescriptions are for different drugs. We are now
proposing to pay a supplying fee for each prescription, even
if the prescriptions are for different strengths of the same
drug. This change is intended to recognize the costs
involved in filling separate prescriptions for different
strengths of a drug. For example, if two prescriptions were
supplied on a single day and they were for different
strengths of the same drug, we are proposing to pay a
supplying fee of $24 for the first prescription and a
supplying fee of $8 for the second prescription.
Our goal is to ensure that each beneficiary who needs
covered oral drugs has access to those medications while
maintaining our fiduciary responsibility to pay
appropriately for Medicare covered services. We seek
comments about the appropriateness of our proposed supplying
fee for multiple prescriptions supplied during a single
month. We also seek data and information about the
incremental costs of supplying additional prescriptions to a
Medicare beneficiary during a single month, as well as data