173.815 Manufacturer payments and medicaid regulations.

(A) The department of aging shall seek from the centers for medicare and medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services written confirmation that manufacturer payments made pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 173.81 of the Revised Code are exempt from the medicaid best price computation applicable under Title XIX of the “Social Security Act,” 79 Stat. 286 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1396r-8, as amended.

(B) Entering into a manufacturer agreement under section 173.81 of the Revised Code does not require a drug manufacturer to make a manufacturer payment that would establish the manufacturer’s medicaid best price for a drug.

Effective Date: 07-01-2007