Current through November 30, 2024
Section 447.508 - Exclusion from best price of certain sales at a nominal price(a)Exclusion from best price. Sales of covered outpatient drugs by a manufacturer at nominal prices are excluded from best price when purchased by the following entities: (1) A covered entity as described in section 340B(a)(4) of the PHSA.(2) An ICF/IID providing services as set forth in § 440.150 of this chapter.(3) A State-owned or operated nursing facility providing services as set forth in § 440.155 of this chapter.(4) A public or non-profit entity, or an entity based at an institution of higher learning whose primary purpose is to provide health care services to students of that institution, that provides family planning services described under section of 1001(a) of PHSA, 42 U.S.C. 300 .(5) An entity that: (i) Is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of that Act or is State-owned or operated; and(ii) Is providing the same services to the same type of population as a covered entity described in section 340B(a)(4) of the PHSA but does not receive funding under a provision of law referred to in such section.(b)Nonapplication. This restriction does not apply to sales by a manufacturer of covered outpatient drugs that are sold under a master agreement under 38 U.S.C. 8126 .(c)Rule of construction. Nothing in this section is construed to alter any existing statutory or regulatory prohibition on services for an entity described paragraph (a)(5) of this section, including the prohibition set forth in section 1008 of the PHSA.