(a) A pharmacy benefits manager or a carrier may not directly or indirectly charge a contracted pharmacy, or hold a contracted pharmacy responsible for, a fee or performance–based reimbursement related to the adjudication of a claim or an incentive program.
(b) A pharmacy benefits manager or carrier may not make or allow any reduction in payment for pharmacy services by a pharmacy benefits manager or carrier or directly or indirectly reduce a payment for a pharmacy service under a reconciliation process to an effective rate of reimbursement, including generic effective rates, brand effective rates, direct and indirect remuneration fees, or any other reduction or aggregate reduction of payments.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 16 - Pharmacy Benefits Managers
Part V - Contracts With Pharmacies and Pharmacists; Audits
Section 15-1628.3 - Fee or Performance-Based Reimbursement Related to Claim Adjudication
Section 15-1629 - Audits by Pharmacy Benefits Manager
Section 15-1630 - Internal Review Process
Section 15-1631 - Retroactive Denial or Modification of Reimbursement for Approved Claim