tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 15

Drug Payments: Drugs In Doctors' Offices Will Stay Under Part B

But CMS will study whether to move a few drugs to new benefitNext year's new prescription drug benefit won't include the drugs that you provide in your office, if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gets its way.The Medicare Modernization Act required CMS to study methods of providing the current Part B drugs under the new "Part D" benefit. But transitioning most Part B drugs to Part D doesn't make any sense, CMS tells Congress in a new report.Medicare patients receive most Part B drugs in a physician office or "provider setting," so including those...

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