tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 15

HEALTH PLANS: Streamline Part D Turnaround Time To Head Off Potential Regulatory Changes

Most EHR systems fall to track revisions' sources, study shows.Lagging Medicare Part D drug reimbursements have pharmacists seeing red--and they're pointing the finger at private insurers. Payers will need to speed up their reimbursements, or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services might do it instead.Pharmacists are complaining that the Medicare drug benefit is costing them money and threatening to put many drugstores out of business, according to a recent New York Times report."Pharmacists are being asked to bankroll the [Medicare drug] program. Many have to dig into personal savings and take out loans to stay...

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