This bulletin applies to NC Medicaid Direct and NC Medicaid Managed Care.
NOTE: This bulletin replaces in full the Cost of Dispensing Survey – March 16, 2021.
The five-year Cost of Dispensing (COD) survey has been completed for NC pharmacies. Myers and Stauffer LC performed the survey of pharmacy COD, consistent with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines, on behalf of NC Medicaid.
North Carolina pharmacies actively participating in NC Medicaid between Jan. 1, 2024, and Nov. 30, 2024, were surveyed, with a 29.3% response rate. The findings of the survey were consistent with the 2020 survey. While some input costs, including labor, increased over this time, other factors, including increased efficiencies associated with dispensing prescriptions, appear to have restrained the increase in the cost of dispensing on a per prescription basis. Therefore, the professional dispensing fee of $10.24 for point-of-sale pharmacy will remain the same.
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