The National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) is the approximate invoice price
pharmacies
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links healt ...
pay for medications in the United States.
This applies to chain and independent pharmacies but not mail order and
specialty pharmacies.
[ Rebates pharmacies may receive after paying an invoice are not included.][ The NADAC data is calculated by the ]Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer M ...
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History
It was created in 2012.
See also
*Average wholesale price In the United States, the average wholesale price (AWP) is a prescription drug term referring to the average price for medications offered at the wholesale level. The metric was originally intended to convey real pricing information to third-party ...
References
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External links
NADAC data from Medicaid
Drug pricing
Medicare and Medicaid (United States)