3.0.0 1493 2023-01-11T13:24:06Z 2023-01-11T13:24:06Z Senate S S 2013-09-10 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-09-10T21:11:34Z 2013-09-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2013-09-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2013-09-10 True Health Home and outpatient care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Prescription drugs User charges and fees Health 00 2013-09-10 Introduced in Senate 2013-11-12T21:43:38Z Medicare Efficient Drug Dispensing Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor to have in place a payment structure for covered part D drugs that encourages the use of dispensing techniques that foster efficiency and reduce wasteful dispensing of outpatient prescription drugs in long-term care facilities.

Requires a PDP sponsor also to take into account, in establishing fees for dispensing covered Medicare part D drugs to enrollees in a long-term care facility, the utilization of such dispensing techniques to minimize the dispensing of unused drugs, the incremental costs associated with the type of dispensing methodology, and the requirements applicable to long-term care pharmacies.

]]> Medicare Efficient Drug Dispensing Act of 2013 Display Title Medicare Efficient Drug Dispensing Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage the use of dispensing techniques that foster efficiency and reduce wasteful dispensing of outpatient prescription drugs in long-term care facilities. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Efficient Drug Dispensing Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-09-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1493is/xml/BILLS-113s1493is.xml 2013-09-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.