Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-77-403. Participating pharmacists payments

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services and the deputy director shall pay each participating pharmacist for each prescription filled under this program the pharmacist's usual and customary charge to the general public for the drug.

(b) However, until existing federal regulations limiting reimbursement for a drug to the lower of the pharmacist's usual and customary charge, or cost of the drug plus a reasonable dispensing fee, are modified or declared invalid by a court, the secretary and the deputy director shall pay for each prescription, the lower of:

(c) In addition to the amounts paid under subdivisions (b)(1) and (2) of this section, at such time as federal regulations shall permit, the pharmacist will also be paid any additional direct and indirect costs which are generated by participation in the Title XIX Medicaid Program. The new additional costs will be paid by the state.