Home Health & Hospice Week
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Medicare Releases More Info About Transitional Infusion Payment
Published on Fri Mar 08, 2019
If you have questions about Medicare’s new Home Infusion Temporary Transitional Payment policy and implementation, a new question-and-answer set may help. The 16-question, seven-page set includes a list of covered drugs and clarifications on the overlap between the infusion and home care benefits. See the Q&A set at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/Home-Infusion-Therapy/Downloads/Home-Infusion-Therapy-Services-Temp-Transitional-Payment-FAQs.pdf.
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