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DE2 tracks hospital directed payments, a pharmacy dispensing add‑on and funds medication-repository work
Summary
The omnibus amendment contains language to redirect hospital surcharge deposits, seeks federal approval for hospital directed payments, directs a single-state pharmacy benefit manager and establishes a $1.84 direct pharmacy dispensing payment; Roundtable Rx and other medication-repository work received recognition from witnesses.
The DE2 amendment contains multiple provisions intended to affect hospital funding, pharmacy payments and medication-repository activity. Nonpartisan staff outlined key sections that redirect existing hospital surcharge revenue, authorize a directed-payment program for hospitals pending federal approval, and create pharmacy-related changes including a single-state pharmacy benefit manager and a $1.84 per-prescription directed dispensing payment for MA plan year 2026.
Nonpartisan staff identified the hospital…
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