tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 34

DME: Proposed Dispensing Cut Leaves Suppliers Gasping

CMS seeks comments on appropriate fee amount.Respiratory providers should gird for battle over possible cuts to Medicare's dispensing fee for home inhalation drug therapy. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is considering lowering the fee, it said in announcing its proposed physician fee schedule Aug. 1."CMS intends to establish a dispensing fee amount for 2006 that is adequate to cover the costs of those services that appropriately fall within the scope of a dispensing fee," the agency said in its announcement. "It is likely that this fee amount will be lower than the current $57...

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