They will pay for compounded medications when the patient is in the hospital (intravenous admixtures, TPN solutions, oncology cocktails, etc.) but will not pay for medications from an independent pharmacy for the same patient. To make things even more conflicting, in some cases it is the same independent pharmacies that are preparing the medications for the hospitals due to drug shortages, etc.
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
Dr. Loyd Allen's Editorial on Reimbursement Discrimination
In the current issue of Compounding Today, Dr. Loyd Allen makes some excellent points about reimbursement discrimination when it comes to FDA approved drugs versus compounded drugs. For example, Dr. Allen states:
To read the rest of Dr. Allen's comments click here.
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