Employers Welcome Repackaged-Drug Price Rule

The Workers' Compensation Action Network said that a repackaged-drug regulation that went into effect on Thursday strikes the right balance between convenience and cost-savings. The regulation requires that drugs dispensed in their offices by physicians be in accordance with the Medicare fee schedule, plus a dispensing fee of $7.25 for physicians. Skilled nursing facilities will be allowed to charge an $8 dispensing fee. "After nearly two years of debate, these regulations strike the right balance between giving workers the convenience of immediate prescriptions at their doctors' office...