The hidden dependency in drug pricing transparency
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Why transparent drug pricing relies on proprietary pack size data
Last week, a pharmacy manager called me with what seemed like a simple question: "How can I compare the prices I'm paying to NADAC to see where I might be overpaying?" It's a reasonable request—NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) exists to provide transparent pricing benchmarks, and this pharmacy contributes their own purchase data to the system. Surely they should be able to use it for internal analysis, right?
