Barbituate Coverage Changes for WCMSA’s 1/1/14

Barbituate Coverage Changes for WCMSA’s 1/1/14

 

Barbiturate coverage under the Medicare Part D Benefit will be changing on January 1, 2014.  Due to the passage of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), all restrictions on barbiturate indications will be lifted and any medically accepted indication will have coverage under the Medicare Part D Benefit.

To view the full text of this CMS Memo, please click on the link below:

http://cms.gov/Medicare/Coordination-of-Benefits-and-Recovery/Workers-Compensation-Medicare-Set-Aside-Arrangements/Whats-New/Whats-New.html