tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 40

Immunize Yourself Against Losses With New Vaccine Payments

Physician fee schedule contains good news on other drug payments as wellThink oncologists are the only ones receiving some help in the new fee schedule with dispensing drugs? Look a little closer. Payments for vaccines will also shoot up, CMS Administrator Mark McClellan told a media conference call Nov. 3. For example, payments for administering the influenza vaccine will go up 100 percent in January. Separately, a final rule for outpatient prospective payment included a 3.3 percent inflation update, and large payment boosts for diagnostic mammograms, colonoscopies and other preventive services. And a third regulation moved inpatient psychiatric...

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