Tag: First source catheters
OIG report on catheters: ‘Where are they getting their information?’
November 22, 2022Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – An Office of Inspector General report “understates” the actual cost of providing catheters, especially given the complexity of both Medicare’s documentation requirements and the needs of patients, say providers.
The report, released in September, found that Medicare payments for intermittent urinary catheters were 3.4 times supplier acquisition costs in fiscal year 2020 and recommended that CMS lower its reimbursement rates.
“I’d...
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