Basics Ambulatory care pharmacy practice is the provision of integrated, accessible healthcare services by pharmacists who are accountable for addressing medication needs, developing sustained partnerships with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. It involves being an integral part of an outpatient, multidisciplinary healthcare team to improve quality and patient outcomes by […]
In the absence of any outside contracts with MCOs, all payers for service must be charged the same fee. This means that cash-paying customers must be charged the same fee that is billed to third-party payers. To charge the insurance companies a rate higher than the cash-paying customer may be considered fraud. It is important, […]
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers a limited number of outpatient prescription drugs under limited conditions. Usually, drugs covered under Part B are drugs that patients will get at a doctor’s office or hospital outpatient setting. The patient will pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount for covered Part B prescription drugs that they get in […]
Basics of Pharmacy Compounding Pharmacy compounding is the practice in which a licensed pharmacist combines, mixes, or alters ingredients in response to a prescription to create a medication tailored to the medical needs of an individual patient. Pharmacy compounding, if done properly, can serve an important public health need if a patient cannot be treated […]
Medicare’s prescription drug benefit (Part D) is the part of Medicare that provides outpatient drug coverage. Part D is provided only through private insurance companies that have contracts with the federal government. It is never provided directly by the government, unlike Original Medicare. Plans can vary the list of prescription drugs they cover (called a formulary) […]
What is a Prior Authorization? Prior authorization for prescription drugs is required when the insurance company asks the patient’s physician to get specific medications approved. Prior authorization must be provided before the insurance company will provide full (or any) coverage for those medications. Health insurance companies pre-authorize medications in order to keep healthcare costs low. […]
Healthcare service providers spend most of their time and money to achieve transparency in submitting their medical claims. But the need of the hour for specialty pharmacies is to make better practice management standards, which will allow consistent recovery of aging Accounts Receivables and stabilize the cash flow. But today, aligning your charging priorities with […]
As a Pharmacy specialist, you may believe that your most troublesome errands will incorporate helping patients and monitoring conceivable contraindications between prescriptions. In any case, numerous drug specialists state those errands are simple and contrasted with the one-of-a-kind bookkeeping and accounting required in a drug store. Pharmacy billing is no basic issue, in spite of […]
Prescription drug spending is a billion-dollar problem for the payer industry. While pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are often a positive way for payers to manage prescription drug benefits for their members, savings for payers can be limited because of complex or one-sided contracts that benefit PBMs more than their partners. The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association […]
The present day U.S. healthcare billing and coding process for patient care services is a multifaceted and difficult system for many to fully grasp. This especially vital for pharmacists who are relatively new to generating revenue for patient care services. Pharmacy billing is challenging for varied reasons, including multiple payers; distinctions of the locations where […]
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