Soliciting proposals from entities interested in implementing and completing a Cost of Dispensing Survey (CODS) to estimate costs to all pharmacy types associated with dispensing of fee-for-service North Dakota Medicaid outpatient prescription drugs. STATE is responsible for the administration of the North Dakota Medicaid program, a medical assistance program established by Title XIX of the Social Security Act of 1965 (SSA). According to 42 CFR § 447.518(d) and the requirements of the Final Rule for Covered Outpatient Drugs (CMS-2345-FC), states must consider both the ingredient cost reimbursement and the professional dispensing fee reimbursement when proposing changes to total reimbursement to the pharmacy provider is in accordance with requirements of section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the SSA. States must provide adequate cost-based data based on pharmacy costs, such as a state survey of retail pharmacy providers, to support any proposed changes to the professional dispensing fee reimbursement. States must submit to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the proposed change in reimbursement and the supporting data through a state plan amendment formal review process.
