tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 36

OIG Will Be Busy In 2005

The HHS Office of Inspector General's to-do list in 2005 could be lengthy - and the money should be there to allow it to cross off every item, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Max Baucus (D-MT) wrote to Senate appropriators in a Sept. 14 letter. Among other hot spots, the OIG will spend next year surveying prices of Medicare drugs, examining the drugs included in the end-stage renal disease composite rate and studying the effect of Medicare payment rates on hematology and oncology drugs. The OIG also will look into safe harbors for electronic prescriptions. ...

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