Tag: Average Wholesale Price (AWP)
NHIA responds to OIG report on infusion payments
September 16, 2016HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A recent Office of Inspector General report on payment for Part B DME infusion drugs is far too narrow to be the basis for new policy, according to the National Home Infusion Association. The OIG's report recommends that CMS seek a legislative change that would require payments for DME infusion drugs to be based on average sales prices (ASPs), average wholesales prices from 2003. The NHIA argues, however, that Congress should “fix” the payment issue by passing...