DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) It s a test that s supposed to be free, yet ABC11 viewers continue to reach out after being charged for a COVID-19 test. Here s what you need to know to make sure you re not charged. And yes, it matters where you go to get tested.
Doug Koenig and his wife wanted to make sure they were COVID-19 free before visiting with their daughter Tonya.
The couple scheduled to get a COVID-19 test at a Triangle business that offers it.
Koenig s wife got tested first. She showed up with her Medicare card, which they took down and they said, No, we don t do Medicare, come back with $100. So she went to the bank and got her $100 out, Doug Koenig said.
Federal District Courts Enjoin CMS’s Most Favored Nation Model Rule for Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement Saturday, January 9, 2021
At a time when prescription drug costs have been increasingly burdensome for Medicare beneficiaries, and the American taxpayer, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an interim final rule with comment period on November 27, 2020,[i] explicitly recognizing, as a basis for the rule, “[i]ncreases in drug prices” that “far exceed prices in other countries.”[ii] and establishing a new reimbursement methodology for the payment of selected drugs under Part B of the Medicare program.[iii]
The new rule implements the “Most Favored Nation Model” (“MFN Rule” or “Model Rule”) which sought to link drug costs under Medicare Part B for 50 high-cost drugs to the lowest price of a non-U.S. member country of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.[iv] The expectation was that the MF