An official website of the United States Government —

Here’s how you know

Official websites use .gov

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Improving Medicare’s policies for separately payable drugs in the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (2)

Improving Medicare’s policies for separately payable drugs in the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (2)

June 15, 2021

The Secretary should specify that the separately payable non-pass-through policy in the hospital outpatient prospective payment system applies only to drugs and biologics that are the reason for a visit and meet a defined cost threshold.

Appeared in: June 2021 - Chapter 8

Topics: Drugs, Devices, and Tests and Hospital.