Pharmacy Question for the Week of December 4, 2017

Question:

Is whole blood covered under Medicare’s incident-to policy?

Answer:

The Medicare program does cover drugs that are furnished “incident to” a physician’s service provided that the drugs are not usually self-administered by the patients who take them. This information and more can be found in Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15–Covered Medical and Other Health Services, Section 50—Drugs and Biologicals.

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