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Program Releases

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issues program releases to states and drug manufacturers participating in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. To find prior releases by topic, please use the "Keyword Search" function below.

To further refine your search, we have also posted a Division of Pharmacy Releases Index, which is a compilation of all the State and Manufacturer Releases topics from 1991 to Present. Please download a copy for your reference.

If you have any questions regarding the states and/or drug manufacturer releases, please email MDROperations@cms.hhs.gov.

Disclaimer: Please note that the information provided on this web page does not bind or obligate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).  The statements included on this web page are intended to provide information on Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Releases and do not in any way revise or modify the requirements set forth in Section 1927 of the Act, the national drug rebate agreement (NDRA), or regulations.

Page Last Updated on November 13, 2023

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State Release 191

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Type: State Release
Keywords: Supplemental rebates, supplemental rebate agreements, value-based purchasing, VBP, state drug utilization data, SDUD
Links: Important Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Reminders for States ( PDF, 235.11 KB )
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State Release 190

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Type: State Release
Keywords: Medicaid, Data
Links: New Requirement for Certification of State Drug Utilization Data (SDUD) ( PDF, 233.93 KB )
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State Release 189

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Type: State Release
Keywords: VBP, value-based purchasing arrangement, best price, multiple best price, gross net unit price, GNUP, pay-over-time, 340B, Part B, average sales price, ASP
Links: Technical Guidance -Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Arrangements for Drug Therapies using Multiple Best Prices ( PDF, 317.36 KB )
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State Release 188

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Type: State Release
Keywords: State Pharmacy Assistance Programs, SPAP, Interest, State Utilization Adjustments, Unit Rebate Amounts, URA, Prior Period Adjustments, PPA, State Contact Information, System Access Requirements, CMS-368, Line Extension, Resource Mailbox
Links: State Pharmacy Assistance Programs; Application of Interest on State Utilization Adjustments, URAs, PPAs; State Contact Information/System Access; Clarifications in Reporting Line Extension Fields; Division of Pharmacy Updated Resource Mailbox Information ( PDF, 276.49 KB )
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State Release 187

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Type: State Release
Keywords: Importation, Drug Importation, Covered Outpatient Drug, SIP Drugs, Prescription Drugs
Links: State Release 187: CMS Guidance to the States on the FDA Final Regulation “Importation of Prescription Drugs” Related to Section 804 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ( PDF, 136.46 KB )
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State Release 186

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Type: State Release
Keywords: Line Extension, Line Extension Drug, Line Extension Unit Rebate Amount, Unit Rebate Amount, Unit Rebate Offset Amount, URA, UROA, Affordable Care Act, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, BBA of 2018
Links: State Release 186: Revision to the Line Extension Unit Rebate Amount Calculation ( PDF, 203.03 KB )
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State Release 185

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Type: State Release
Keywords: Accelerated Approval, Accelerated Approval Pathway, Section 506(c) of FFDCA, Covered Outpatient Drug, Medically Accepted Indication, Surrogate endpoint, Clinical endpoint
Links: State Release 185: State Medicaid Coverage of Drugs Approved by the FDA under Accelerated Approval Pathway; Background on FDA’s Accelerated Approval Program ( PDF, 112.47 KB )
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State Release 184

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Type: State Release
Keywords: Drug Product Data, product data, Drug Product, Drug Data, Resource Mailbox, Resource Mailboxes, mailbox, mailboxes, mail box, Drug Coverage, Coverage, Covered Outpatient Drug, Covered Drug, Covered Product, Outpatient Drug, product covered, Drug Coverage, Drug Covered
Links: State Release 184: Use of CMS’s Drug Product Data to Determine Drug Coverage by States Under the MDR Program; CMS Department of Pharmacy Resource Mailboxes ( PDF, 126.04 KB )
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State Release 183

Date:
Type: State Release
Keywords: Inner NDC, Outer NDC, Inner/Outer NDC, Outer Package, Inner Package, Inner Component
Links: State Release 183: Reporting and Payment of Inner/Outer NDCs; Outer package containing two or more inner packages; Kit contains multiple inner package NDCs; Reporting NDCs as CODs Absent AMP; Requirement to Bill Rebates on Inner NDCs of CODs ( PDF, 119.29 KB )
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State Release 182

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Type: State Release
Keywords: Blood disorder, Anti-Hemophilia, Hemophilia, Clotting Factors, Reimbursement
Links: State Release 182: Medicaid Coverage of Drugs/Services Provided to Blood Disorder Patients; Reimbursement for Ingredient and PDF Costs; OLP Services - Section 1905(a)(6); Preventive Services - Section 1905(a)(13)(c); Payment for Providers ( PDF, 163.49 KB )
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