tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 27
Drug Reimbursement: 2 Hopes For Saving Drug Payments In 2005
New codes or new legislation could rescue practices It's going to take a minor miracle to save oncologists and other specialties from the drug payments axe. "If all the cuts that are scheduled to go through do go through, it'll make it extremely difficult," says Ris Marie Cleland with Oplinc Oncology in Lawton, OK. "There will be a disruption in care for patients" and a reduction in patient access. Not only are drug payments being slashed to rock-bottom levels, but a 32 percent add-on payment for drug administration is dropping to just 3 percent in 2005 and nothing...
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