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Among other things, the report found that providers incur additional costs associated with delivering clotting factor that are not separately reimbursed by Medicare. Specifically, the report cited delivery costs generated in inventory management, specialized refrigerated storage, shipping, and the provision of ancillary supplies such as needles, syringes, and tourniquets to patients that were not accounted for by Medicare payment for the clotting factor product alone
We finalized the implementation of this pricing transition over 4 years, such that one-quarter of the difference between the current price and the fully phased-in price is implemented for CY 2022, one-third of the difference between the CY 2022 price and the final price is implemented for CY 2023, and one-half of the difference between the CY 2023 price and the final price is implemented for CY 2024, with the new direct PE prices fully implemented for CY 2025
doi:10.1093/ntr/ntr145