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Arkansas DHS moves to join multi-state drug purchasing pool, increases Medicaid primary-care visits for APRN patients
Summary
The Department of Human Services told the Senate Public Health Committee it will join a preferred drug list pool and adopt value-based purchasing contracts to boost rebates, projecting $2 million in savings next fiscal year and an estimated $570,000 benefit to the state general fund. DHS also proposed allowing APRNs to serve as Medicaid primary-care providers and raising allowed PCP visits from 12 to 16 per fiscal year.
The Department of Human Services told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on multiple rule items that it will join a preferred drug list pool and enter value-based purchasing (VBP) contracts with manufacturers to leverage other states' buying power and increase rebates.
"We project about $2,000,000 for next state fiscal year," DHS staff said, adding that approximately $570,000 of that would be savings to the state general fund. DHS said the change should not restrict which drugs the state can procure: "we can still, whatever drugs we choose to add to the PDL, we…
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