Dozens Of Lawmakers From Both Parties Press HHS To Scrap DIR Fees

Dozens of House and Senate lawmakers from both parties are pressing HHS Secretary Alex Azar to revive an earlier proposal, absent from administration's drug-pricing blueprint, to scrap retroactive direct and indirect remuneration fees that Part D plans charge pharmacies. In separate letters, 21 senators and 83 representatives ask Azar to essentially scrap the fees by requiring that all pharmacy price concessions be accounted for at the pharmacy counter. The lawmakers say the policy shift, long sought by community pharmacists, would...