The OIG has issued a report, “Comparing Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices for Medicare Part B Drugs: An Overview of 2012,” which assesses CMS’s use of its authority to lower reimbursement for Medicare Part B drugs when a drug’s average sales prices (ASP) exceeds its average manufacturer prices (AMP) or widely available market price (WAMP) by a threshold, currently set at 5%. In April 2013, CMS began exercising its payment substitution authority, which currently applies only to certain codes with complete AMP data, and when the ASP for the code exceeds the 5% threshold in two consecutive quarters. The OIG estimates that CMS has generated more than $800,000 in savings under this policy, but the agency could achieve greater savings by expanding the circumstances under which it exercises its substitution authority to include drug codes with complete AMP data in a single quarter and drug codes with partial AMP data. CMS did not concur with these recommendations.