tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 33

Pharmaceuticals: Medicare Hatches Plans To Slash DME Drug Payments

Trade group warns of access problems if no service component is added.Durable medical equipment suppliers and pharmacies will see no service payments to make up for cut-to-the bone drug reimbursement under a proposed rule to reform Medicare drug pricing. The proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services affects DME suppliers that have in-house pharmacies that dispense drugs for nebulizers, infusion pumps and other DME, notes Gloria Peterson with the California Association of Medical Product Suppliers. Other pharmacies that dispense inhalation drugs also will feel the pain of the cuts. The rule, published in the Oct...

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