Medi-Cal: pharmacy providers: invoices.

Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law requires reimbursement to Medi-Cal pharmacy providers for drugs, as prescribed, and authorizes the department to establish a new reimbursement methodology based on average acquisition cost, as defined. Under existing law, Medi-Cal pharmacy providers are required to submit drug price information, including invoice prices, to the department or a vendor designated by the department for the purposes…