Hospital Outpatient Drugs To Be Reimbursed ASP+8% Under Medicare In 2006
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
CMS issues hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for 2006. Reimbursement for specified covered outpatient drugs would be switched from the current 83% of average wholesale price to average sales price plus 8% in 2006; the rate includes ASP+6% for drug acquisition costs, plus 2% of ASP for "overhead" costs.