tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 36

Drug Reimbursement: Ease Your Drug Cuts Worries By Focusing On Basics

Follow the rules and you can hang on to more of your chemotherapy payOncology practices won't know the details of their 2005 payments for drugs and drug administration until the very last minute. But there are steps you can take now to prepare for the worst.Medicare's shift from Average Wholesale Price to Average Sales Price reduces payment for 32 chemotherapy drugs and administration codes in 2005, which could cost oncology practices a purported $500 million in 2005. Coding experts offer the following tips to shelter yourself from the coming storm: Watch your documentation for Rituximab. Payments for J9310...

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