PUBLIC LAW 101-508 —NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1388-155 proved the quality of drug therapy, to evaluate the success of the interventions and make modifications as necessary. "(D) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each State shall require the DUR Board to prepare a report on an annual basis. The State shall submit a report on an annual basis to the Secretary which shall include a description of the activities of the Board, including the nature and scope of the prospective and retrospective drug use review programs, a summary of the interventions used, an assessment of the impact of these ^ educational interventions on quality of care, and an estimate of the cost savings generated as a result of such program. The Secretary shall utilize such report in evaluating the effectiveness of each State's drug use review program. '(h) ELECTRONIC CLAIMS MANAGEMENT.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— In accordance with chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (relating to coordination of Federal information policy), the Secretary shall encourage each State agency to establish, as its principal means of processing claims for covered outpatient drugs under this title, a point-of-sale electronic claims management system, for the purpose of performing online, real time eligibility verifications, claims data capture, adjudication of claims, and assisting pharmacists (and other authorized persons) in applying for and receiving payment. "(2) ENCOURAGEMENT.— In order to carry out paragraph (1)— "(A) for calendar quarters during fiscal years 1991 and 1992, expenditures under the State plan attributable to development of a system described in paragraph (1) shall receive Federal financial participation under section 1903(a)(3)(A)(i) (at a matching rate of 90 percent) if the State acquires, through applicable competitive procurement process in the State, the most cost-effective telecommunications network and automatic data processing services and equipment; and "(B) the Secretary may permit, in the procurement described in subparagraph (A) in the application of part 433 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, and parts 95, 205, and 307 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, the substitution of the State's request for proposal in competitive procurement for advance planning and implementation documents otherwise required.
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"(1) IN GENERAL. — Not later than May 1 of each year the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Aging of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the the operation of this section in the preceding fiscal year. "(2) DETAILS.— Each report shall include information on— "(A) ingredient costs paid under this title for single source drugs, multiple source drugs, and nonprescription covered outpatient drugs; "(B) the total value of rebates received and number of manufacturers providing such rebates; "(C) how the size of such rebates compare with the size or rebates offered to other purchasers of covered outpatient drugs;
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