NCCI Slashes Estimate for Repackaged Drug Savings

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) said a change in the way carriers pay for repackaged drugs and an increase in billing disputes between doctors and insurers have cut its estimate of potential savings from a repackaged drug price cap by more than half.On Monday, NCCI released a three-page report prepared in advance of Thursday's annual workers' compensation rate hearing in Tallahassee.The report, prepared last week, concludes that capping the price of repackaged drugs – those primarily dispensed by physicians – wo...