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Industry: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
Date: 1/24/2012

CMS's Draft Federal Upper Limits and Weighted Average Manufacturer Price Files

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how differences in business practices, including timing and structure of transactions and AMP calculation methodologies may result in drastically different AMP figures.

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To reach this conclusion, this white paper addresses four topics:

An Overview of AMP, FULs and wAMP
Understanding the Draft Data Posted by CMS
Variability Factors in the AMP Calculation
Illustrative Examples

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