tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 25

Drug Acquisition: CMS Puts On Its Thinking CAP - And Puts Off Providers

You'll have seven days, instead of one, to provide drugs The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services bowed to providers' concerns in a couple of areas relating to the Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) for Part B drugs.First, CMS issued an interim final rule instead of a plain final rule. That means providers have another two months to comment on the rule, which came out in the July 6 Federal Register. Second, the new version of the rule states that physicians can name a seven-day period during which they plan to administer drugs. The CAP proposed rule had stated...

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