Upon request from a pharmacy provider, the medicaid agency may reimburse at the provider's actual acquisition cost (provider AAC) for a drug that would otherwise be reimbursed at maximum allowable cost (MAC) when:
(1) The availability of lower cost equivalents in the marketplace is severely curtailed and the price disparity between AAC for the drug and the MAC reimbursement affects clients' access; and
(2) An invoice documenting actual acquisition cost relevant to the date the drug was dispensed is provided to the agency.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
41.05.021 and
41.05.160. WSR 17-07-001, § 182-530-7300, filed 3/1/17, effective 4/1/17; WSR 16-01-046, § 182-530-7300, filed 12/9/15, effective 1/9/16. WSR 11-14-075, recodified as § 182-530-7300, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.08.090,
74.09.530, and
74.09.700. WSR 07-20-049, § 388-530-7300, filed 9/26/07, effective 11/1/07.]