Medicare Drug Price Substitution For Part B Proposed Again By CMS
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The proposal to reimburse less for drugs that exceed a price substitution threshold, first made last year but never finalized, is part of the Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule for 2012.
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