tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 27

ONCOLOGY DRUGS: Final Rule Cutting Drug Payments Expected by Nov. 1

CMS takes on board ASCO practice expense survey If your practice dispenses chemotherapy drugs or other medications incident-to a physician's services, you can breathe a sigh of relief. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reversed itself and said it would use data from a survey by the American Society of Clinical Oncology to set practice expense payments for cancer drugs, CMS officials told an Oct. 15 physician Open-Door Forum. Not only that, but the increase to practice expense payments won't reduce other physician expense payments, a major victory for doctors. ASCO had submitted its practice expense data from...

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