tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 42

MedPAC Considers Setting Up Oncology Drug Copay Fund

Struggling oncologists could have a little extra help soon. If you've been routinely waiving copayments for poor beneficiaries, then you'll welcome a new idea from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. At its November meeting, MedPAC drafted a recommendation that Congress establish an interim fund to help beneficiaries pay their copayments for Part B drugs, including cancer drugs. The fund would come from voluntary donations from pharmaceutical companies. In the long term, Congress would have to find another solution to the problem of drug copayments.MedPAC is due to report to Congress in January on whether oncologists are having trouble...

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