What the hunt for lost state revenue means for drugmakers.
Wyoming, Iowa and Nebraska did not concur fully with the OIG's findings. Lesson Learned: Drug companies can expect state agencies to take a more active role in pursuing and collecting Medicaid drug rebates.
Drug manufacturers need to gear up for tougher rebate collection.
Ten more states received their grades on Medicaid drug rebate collection from the HHS Office of Inspector General Feb. 26, with all but three agreeing to implement accounting changes.
According to the audits, which are the latest in the OIG's campaign to clean up states' rebate collection process, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming and Montana were each found lacking in the controls necessary to ensure money due to Medicaid programs gets actively collected from drug manufacturers.
However, Missouri, North Dakota, Colorado and South Dakota fared slightly better on overall accountability and collection procedures -- but were still advised to shape up weaknesses.
What's in store for drug manufacturers? State agencies are under pressure to watch their repayments vigilantly. When it comes to doing business with drug manufacturers, here's what's on the OIG's checklist for states:
To read the reports, "Six-State Rollup Review of Medicaid Drug Rebate Collections" (A-07-04-04030) and "Region VII Rollup Report for 4-State Review of
Medicaid Drug Rebate Collections" (A-07-03-04010), go to: http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/oas/cms.html.