{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-insurance-15-1628.3","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Insurance § 15–1628.3","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Article - Insurance"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gin\u0026section=15-1628.3","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:28Z","sha256":"72c30dd9e8adaeb25a832fde33657a2c41d159c85f1bc731e79c751114cd9f7c","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-insurance-15-1628.2","next":"us-md/md.-code-insurance-15-1629"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}