tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 29

COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION: CMS Pulls The Plug On Drug Bidding Program

Drugs may be available through vendors by July 2006If you've been looking forward to private vendors providing Part B drugs to your patients and billing Medicare directly starting in January, you're in for a disappointment.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services delayed the Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) for Part B drugs after a   flurry of criticisms from both physicians and potential vendors. CMS said it was suspending the bidding process just two days before the final deadline for bids, and would return any bids it had already received.CMS said it would issue a new final...

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