To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.

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Introduced

9 March 2009

Last action

10 March 2009 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

GENE GREEN, Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1], Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11], Diana DeGette, Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8], Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2], Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4], Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17], Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3], Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45], Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11], Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21], Pete Sessions, Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Erik Paulsen, Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7], Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6], Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large], ALCEE HASTINGS, Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1], PATRICK TIBERI, Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4], John Sarbanes, Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2], WM. CLAY, Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20], Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Tim Murphy, BOBBY RUSH, JOHN SHIMKUS, RON KIND, Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Maxine Waters, Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], John Yarmuth, Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4], Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], JOHN LEWIS

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

5 December 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the use of average sales price methodology for calculating payments for drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Excludes from the manufacturer's average sales price when calculating such payments any customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers.

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Timeline

9 March 2009
Introduced
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Source: IntroReferral
9 March 2009
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
9 March 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 March 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
10 March 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1392
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