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<rss xmlns:ps="http://trailfire.com" version="2.0"><channel><title>"Average Wholesale Price" by Webjogger</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Webjogger/trails/31541</link><category>Webjogger/trails</category><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Average Wholesale Price for Prescription Drugs: Is There a More Appropriate Pricing Mechanism?</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Webjogger/marks/74005</link><description><![CDATA[This paper defines the average wholesale price (AWP), which has become an important benchmark for prescription drug pricing and reimbursement. This paper also discusses the various uses in the pricing of prescription drugs.]]></description><category>Average Wholesale Price</category><author>Webjogger</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:36:06 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:74005</guid></item><item><title>Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Webjogger/marks/74009</link><description><![CDATA[Law or regulation does not define the AWP. It does not reflect discounts obtained by most purchasers. Manufacturers provide information to organizations that calculate AWP and publish them in industry-sponsored drug price compendiums such as the Red Book or the National Drug Data File.]]></description><category>Average Wholesale Price</category><author>Webjogger</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:40:21 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:74009</guid></item><item><title>Community Catalyst -- Average Wholesale Price</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Webjogger/marks/74010</link><description><![CDATA[Various reports in recent years have concluded that there is a significant difference between pharmacy/physician acquisition cost and AWP. Drug manufacturers routinely give physicians and pharmacies discounts that reduce the actual amount that the physician or provider actually pays for the]]></description><category>Average Wholesale Price</category><author>Webjogger</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:41:57 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:74010</guid></item><item><title>There&amp;#039;s nothing &amp;#039;average&amp;#039; about AWP - average wholesale price - column Drug Store News - Find Articles</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Webjogger/marks/74014</link><description><![CDATA[The pharmacy people try to convince you that they are offering you discounts on prescription drugs. AWP and &quot;earned discounts&quot; are not synonymous and never were. Those who think they&#39;re the same are beating a dead horse.]]></description><category>Average Wholesale Price</category><author>Webjogger</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:49:53 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:74014</guid></item><item><title>Average Wholesale Price: The Fading Standard for Prescription Drug Pricing and Reimbursement</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Webjogger/marks/74020</link><description><![CDATA[The prescription drug pricing area is targeted for change. AWP has long been under investigation by government officials. In order to make changes it is important to know what AWP is all about.]]></description><category>Average Wholesale Price</category><author>Webjogger</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:53:04 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:74020</guid></item></channel></rss>
