tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 44

Physicians: Immunize Yourself Against Losses On Vaccines

Physician fee schedule contains good news on other drug payments as well.Think 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, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 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...

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