Average Wholesale Price (AWP) and Wholesale Acquisition Cost (WAC) Historically, Average Wholesale Price (AWP) was the generally accepted drug payment benchmark for many payers because it was readily available. However, AWP is now thought of as a stick-er price, in that it rarely if ever reflects the average wholesale price
In order to find out the correlation between different pricing benchmarks, we used the same group of drugs to calculate the AWP-based formulas as follow: CAWCS = AWP - 34.4%, Medi-Cal = AWP - 36.9%, WAC = AWP - 46.3%, NADAC = AWP - 53.2% and FUL = AWP - 74.1% . Our analysis showed that the relationships among various price benchmarks were lower
Average Wholesale Price (AWP): A benchmark used for pricing and reimbursement of prescription drugs for both government and private payers. AWP is not a true representation of actual market prices for either generic or brand drug products. AWP has often been compared to the list price or sticker price, meaning it is an elevated
WAC and AWP are used as the price benchmarks with the new AWP discount (e.g, AWP 12.5%= WAC 5%). 5. Do nothing or some other strategy. AWP = average wholesale price; WAC =wholesale acquisition cost.
Average Wholesale Price (AWP) and Wholesale Acquisition Cost (WAC) Historically, Average Wholesale Price (AWP) was the generally accepted drug payment benchmark for many payers because it was readily available. However, AWP is now thought of as a stick-er price, in that it rarely if ever reflects the average wholesale price
A branded drug will carry a certain average wholesale price (AWP). If this branded drug has generic versions available, the AWP for the generic drugs will be lower than the brand AWP. And the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) for generics will be even lower than the generic AWP.
(AWP) of the drugs being marketed. Disclosure shall include the AWP per pill and the price relationship between the drug being marketed and
provide an average margin of 3% of the AWP price for drugs purchased under MA, compared with WAC = Wholesalers Acquisition Cost; AWP = Average Wholesale Price
Average Wholesale Price (AWP) AWP is a list price for a drug available in drug pricing publications. It was originally intended as an estimate of the average price charged for a drug by wholesalers to pharmacies. However, as it has evolved over decades, AWP no longer represents an average of actual transactions.
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