Reimbursement

Senate Appropriations Committee Votes to Increase Rebates for Brand Name Products under the Medicaid Drug Rebate ProgramMarch 26th, 2007
On March 22, 2007, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved S. 965, a bill making emergency appropriations primarily for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. During the Committee’s consideration of the bill, it adopted an amendment offered by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) regarding the Medicaid Program. …
Medicare Revokes Payment for ARANESPMarch 19th, 2007
Reacting to a February 2007 FDA safety alert on the off-label use of erythropoietic stimulating agents (ESAs), Noridian Administrative Services (Noridian), a Medicare Administrative Contractor for 13 states in the west and midwest, announced that, effective March 5, 2007, Medicare will deny payment for the …