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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Payment for pharmacy handling costs in hospital outpatient departments (A)

Payment for pharmacy handling costs in hospital outpatient departments (A)

June 15, 2005

The Secretary should establish separate, budget-neutral payments to cover the costs that hospitals incur for handling separately paid drugs, biologicals, and radiopharmaceuticals.

Appeared in: June 2005 - Chapter 6

Topics: Drugs, Devices, and Tests and Hospital.