173.753 Determination of average percentage savings.

Not later than the first day of March of each year, the department of aging shall do all of the following:

(A) Create a list of the twenty-five drugs most often dispensed to Ohio’s best Rx program participants under the program, using data from the most recent six-month period for which the data is available;

(B) Determine the average amount that participants are charged under the program, on a date selected by the department, for each drug included on the list created under division (A) of this section;

(C) Determine, for the date selected for division (B) of this section, the average usual and customary charge for each drug included on the list created under division (A) of this section;

(D) By comparing the average charges determined under divisions (B) and (C) of this section, determine the average percentage savings Ohio’s best Rx program participants receive for each drug included on the list created under division (A) of this section.

Effective Date: 07-01-2007