32  ACA Federal Upper Limits

Affordable Care Act Federal Upper Limits (FUL) based on the weighted average of the most recently reported monthly average manufacturer price (AMP) for pharmaceutical and therapeutically equivalent multiple source drug products that are available for purchase by retail community pharmacies on a nationwide basis.

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Dictionary

 1 product_group: The following methodology forms a Product Group:   Include all innovator (I) and non-innovator (N) pharmaceutically and therapeutically equivalent (A-rated) multiple source drugs when calculating the weighted average of monthly AMPs in a FUL Product Group;   Will not include single source (S) drugs when calculating the weighted average of monthly AMPs in a FUL Product Group;   Will not include formulations of the drug that are not rated by the FDA as pharmaceutically and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug, (A-rated) in the calculation of the weighted average of monthly AMPs, or apply the FUL to those formulations that are not A-rated, e.g., B-rated drugs;   Will use the monthly AMP and AMP units reported and certified by manufacturers to calculate the weighted average of monthly AMPs in a FUL Product Group; and,   Will not include the AMP of a terminated drug in the weighted average of monthly AMPs.

 2 ingredient: The order of ingredients presented in the product labeleling.

 3 strength: The strengths presented in the product labeleling.

 4 dosage: The dosage form of the drug.

 5 route: The route of administration of the drug.

 6 mdr_unit_type: The unit type reported to the CMS Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.

 7 weighted_average_amps: The calculated weighted average of the monthly amps for the group.

 8 aca_ful: The calculated Federal Upper Limit (FUL) for the group.

 9 package_size: Identifies the number of billing units in the package quantity from which the pharmacist dispenses.

10 ndc: The National Drug Code (NDC) is a numerical code maintained by the FDA that includes the labeler code, product code, and package code.

11 arated: Identifies if the drug is an A-rated drug, (Yes or No).

12 multiplier_greater_than_175_percent_of_weighted_avg_of_amps: ACA FUL equals the most current average retail community pharmacies' acquisition cost (NADAC) = Y   ACA FUL equals 175 percent of the weighted average of the most recently reported monthly AMPs = N   Note: All NDC-11s for a FUL Product Group are included in this file; however, only the (I) and (N), A-rated, multiple source drugs are used to calculate the weighted average of the most recently reported monthly AMPs in a FUL Product Group.

13 year: The year in which the FUL was calculated.

14 month: The month in which the FUL was calculated.

Data

# A tibble: 8,000 × 14
   product_group ingredient          strength dosage route mdr_unit_type aca_ful
                                             
 1 1165          NYSTATIN            500000U  TABLET ORAL  TAB            0.442 
 2 4486          OLMESARTAN MEDOXOM… 20MG     TABLET ORAL  TAB            0.673 
 3 2662          RIVASTIGMINE TARTR… 3MG      CAPSU… ORAL  CAP            0.330 
 4 1912          QUINAPRIL HYDROCHL… 5MG      TABLET ORAL  TAB            0.131 
 5 8824          MONTELUKAST SODIUM  10MG     TABLET ORAL  TAB            0.0935
 6 3457          METFORMIN HCL       1000 MG  TABLET ORAL  TAB            0.0312
 7 3930          TOLTERODINE TARTRA… 4 MG     CAP E… ORAL  CAP            1.95  
 8 1887          DILTIAZEM HYDROCHL… 360MG    CAPSU… ORAL  CAP            0.615 
 9 1938          FENOFIBRATE         134MG    CAPSU… ORAL  CAP            0.432 
10 857           INDAPAMIDE          2.5MG    TABLET ORAL  TAB            0.211 
# ℹ 7,990 more rows
# ℹ 7 more variables: package_size , ndc , arated , year ,
#   month , amp_wt_avg , gt175_amp 
obs: 8000 
cols: 14 

----- Numeric -----
           col n_missng p_complt n_unique    mean        p0      p25     p50
1      aca_ful        0        1     1234    1.43    0.0033    0.099    0.25
2 package_size        0        1       71  227.45         1       30     100
3       arated        0        1        2    0.99         0        1       1
4         year        0        1        1    2019      2019     2019    2019
5        month        0        1        2       2         2        2       2
6   amp_wt_avg        0        1     1235    0.75    0.0019    0.049    0.12
7    gt175_amp        0        1        2    0.38         0        0       0
      p75    p100   iqr      sd  hist
1    0.84   127.3  0.74    5.56 ▇▁▁▁▁
2     100   28000    70  557.17 ▇▁▁▁▁
3       1       1     0   0.094 ▁▁▁▁▇
4    2019    2019     0       0 ▁▁▇▁▁
5       2      11     0    0.17 ▇▁▁▁▁
6    0.42    72.7  0.37    3.08 ▇▁▁▁▁
7       1       1     1    0.48 ▇▁▁▁▅

----- Categorical -----
            col n_missng p_complt n_unique n_levels              min
1 product_group        0        1     1237       NA            10036
2    ingredient        0        1      466       NA ABACAVIR SULFATE
3      strength        0        1      389       NA       .025MG/24H
4        dosage        0        1       66       NA       ADH. PATCH
5         route        0        1       14       14           DENTAL
6 mdr_unit_type        0        1        6        6              CAP
7           ndc        0        1     8000       NA    00002-3231-30
            max
1           992
2    ZONISAMIDE
3          90MG
4          VIAL
5       VAGINAL
6           TDP
7 99207-0010-10

Distribution

Variable     |    Mean |     SD |   IQR |              Range | Skewness
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aca_ful      |    1.43 |   5.56 |  0.74 | [3.28e-03, 127.26] |    13.10
package_size |  227.45 | 557.17 | 70.00 |   [1.00, 28000.00] |    21.21
arated       |    0.99 |   0.09 |  0.00 |       [0.00, 1.00] |   -10.48
year         | 2019.00 |   0.00 |  0.00 | [2019.00, 2019.00] |         
month        |    2.00 |   0.17 |  0.00 |      [2.00, 11.00] |    51.62
amp_wt_avg   |    0.75 |   3.08 |  0.37 |  [1.87e-03, 72.72] |    13.91
gt175_amp    |    0.38 |   0.48 |  1.00 |       [0.00, 1.00] |     0.51

Variable     | Kurtosis |    n | n_Missing
------------------------------------------
aca_ful      |   236.32 | 8000 |         0
package_size |   849.35 | 8000 |         0
arated       |   107.75 | 8000 |         0
year         |          | 8000 |         0
month        |  2663.33 | 8000 |         0
amp_wt_avg   |   264.56 | 8000 |         0
gt175_amp    |    -1.74 | 8000 |         0