CMS Approval Of Colorado State Plan Amendment ( SPA) 18- 0044 To Implement Value-Based Pharmaceutical Purchasing

This state plan amendment was approved on February 25, 2019 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), with an effective date of October 1, 2018. The amendment proposes to revise the Colorado state plan to incorporate language that authorizes the state to enter into value-based contract arrangement with drug manufacturers through supplemental rebate agreements . . .