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Skin Substitute Manufacturers Fail to Consistently Report Prices

Noncompliance costs Medicare and its beneficiaries millions of dollars. Despite legislative requirements, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was unable to accurately calculate third-quarter 2022 skin substitute payment amounts because average sales prices (ASPs) were reported for only 16 of 68 billing codes. Consequently, Medicare […]

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Soaring Gas Prices Squeeze Home Health, Hospice Workers

Prices at the pump set shocking new records. Increased gas prices are a headache for nearly everyone, but they are especially burdensome for home health and hospice agencies and their visiting staff. Right when agencies are getting slammed by COVID-19 and the labor shortage, gas prices are exacerbating difficulties finding and retaining workers. “As the […]

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CMS Updates Medicare Part B Drug Prices

Retroactive code pricing updates may require claims lookback. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted a retroactive update to the April Average Sales Price (ASP) pricing file for three Medicare Part B drugs. Also now available are the July ASP and Not Otherwise Classified (NOC) pricing files and the ASP NDC HCPCS […]

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TV Ads for Drugs Must Show Prices

To help drive drug prices down, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require direct-to-consumer television advertisements for prescription drugs covered by Medicare or Medicaid to include the list price – the Wholesale Acquisition Cost – if that price is equal to or greater than $ 35 for a month’s supply or the usual […]

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CMS Proposes Lowering Drug Costs to International Prices

The government wants to lower Part B drug costs by matching them to international prices, but it’s neither going to be immediate nor easy. Reigning in Drug Prices In addition to industry efforts make medicines more affordable, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it is soliciting public comments on a plan and […]

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Home Medical Testing Beats High Prices For Medical Supplies

Are you tired of paying too much for medical supplies at the pharmacy? Almost always, the prices there are so high they almost reach the level of ridiculous. And that is to add to the fees you’ve already paid to see your local doctor. Did you know that it is now possible for you to buy medical testing equipment that you can use at home? At a discounted price, you can purchase the same kind of stuff they use at the doctor’s office, and use it to help improve your general wellness, without waiting in line at the clinic, or spending an arm and a leg at the pharmacy.

What you may not realize is that there are some things that can be tested just as easily at home. Things such as tests for Strep Throat or pregnancy are things that you don’t have to pay the doctor to tell you. Having medical testing supplies at home will do much to improve your life, and save you some dollars.

Whether you are part of a private practice, or are just a mom who would rather take care of some of these things at home, having medical supplies shipped straight to your home or office will be a convenient and important way for you to save money, and have all the equipment that you’ll need. There are online providers for thousands of medical supplies, who work hard to offer them to you at a discounted price that you’ll be satisfied with. It may even be possible for these companies to get a hold of something specific for you, if they don’t already have it in stock.

These offers can be a fantastic opportunity for doctors to get some of the things that they need as well for their offices. Even more complicated equipment, such as ECG machines, EKG Nikotabs, and Cardio Sense disposable electrodes are ready and available for shipping, at an extremely discounted price. Some companies will even ship the items for free, if the total price is over a certain amount.

Being a part of the online world, ordering and shipping is usually very simple, and stress-free. Most companies offer some sort of online “shopping cart” which allows you to keep track of the things that you want to purchase, as well as give you a total price calculated with the addition of shipping. You can pay by credit card, and immediately direct the shipping service to the place where you wish to have the items dropped off.

With these great services, you’ll be able to do just as well as if you had taken the time and spent the extra money to go to the doctor. Home medical testing works just as well – try it today!

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CMS Reports Decrease in Part B Drug Prices

 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the files containing the payment amounts for Part B covered drugs for the first quarter of 2017. Medicare Part B payment limits for valid HCPCS codes that are not included in the quarterly pricing files will be determined by local Medicare contractors. Comparing the first quarter […]
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[Announcement] Private Payor Prices Will Be Used By Medicare to Set Payment Rates for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Beginning in 2018

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On June 17, CMS released a final rule implementing Section 216(a) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA), requiring laboratories performing clinical diagnostic laboratory tests to report the amounts paid by private insurers for laboratory tests. Medicare will use these private insurer rates to calculate Medicare payment rates for laboratory tests paid under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) beginning January 1, 2018.

The final rule includes provisions to ease administrative burdens for physician office laboratories and smaller independent laboratories. The final rule will generally require reporting entities to report private payor rates and test volumes for laboratory tests if an applicable laboratory receives at least $ 12,500 in Medicare revenues from laboratory services paid under the CLFS and more than 50 percent of its Medicare revenues from laboratory and/or physician services.

For the system’s first year, laboratories will collect private payor data from January 1, 2016, through June 30, 2016, and report it to CMS between January 1, 2017, and March 31, 2017. CMS will calculate and post the new Medicare rates by early November 2017. These rates will take effect on January 1, 2018.

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See the full text of this excerpted CMS press release (issued June 17).

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