miércoles, 28 de septiembre de 2016
The ADA News (9/27, Garvin) reports that on Sept. 23, the Association filed comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, requesting regulators postpone the enforcement date of the Medicare Part D prescriber enrollment rule. According to CMS, dentists who write prescriptions for Part D drugs must be enrolled in “an approved status or have a valid opt-out affidavit on file with Medicare in order for their prescriptions to be covered under Medicare Part D,” beginning Feb. 1. ADA President Carol Gomez Summerhays and Executive Director Kathleen T. O’Loughlin wrote in a letter to Andy Slavitt, CMS acting administrator, that the ADA is “on record as opposing the application of such requirements to dentists, in part because, since Medicare covers very few dental items and services, many (perhaps most) dentists have little incentive to enroll in Medicare other than in connection with CMS program integrity initiatives in the proposed rule.” The ADA also wrote, “Proceeding with the current date would cause disruption to the effective treatment of our patients who are Medicare beneficiaries.” The article adds that the ADA continues to support H.R. 4062, which “calls for removing the mandate that Part D prescribing health care providers be enrolled in Medicare in order for pharmacists to be reimbursed.”
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