CMS to Remove Preadministration Fee & Reduce Reimbursement for IVIG
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new rules that eliminate the preadminstrative fee for IVIG infused in the physician’s office and the hospital outpatient department for Medicare beneficiaries. The preadministration fee was introduced by CMS in 2006 to assist physicians in locating and obtaining IVIG. The new rules also further reduce reimbursement in the hospital outpatient department for all Medicare Part B drugs, including IVIG. Both rules will begin in January 2009.
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