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tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 29
PHARMACEUTICALS: CAP Vendors-Too Much Trouble?
CMS refuses to recognize program's administrative burden.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is doing its best to make the Competitive Acquisition Program for Part B drugs attractive to physicians, but many practices say it won't be worth the hassle of dealing with private vendors."I'm still not convinced that a lot of people are going to sign up for the CAP," says Sam Shepard, director of health policy with the American Association of Clinical Urologists. Even with rock-bottom drug payments, it's hard to see any incentives to join the program. But Shepard welcomes the omission of...
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