Ensuring Seniors Can Receive Critical Medications Directly in Doctor's Offices.
This law clarifies Medicare rules to ensure that seniors can continue receiving necessary medications, such as injections or infusions, directly in their physician's office. The change removes regulatory barriers that previously restricted doctors from providing these critical services under the "in-office ancillary services exception." It also retroactively invalidates prior government guidance that had created these restrictions.
Key points
Doctors can more easily provide critical drugs and necessary supplies (like those for infusions) to Medicare patients directly in their offices.
The law removes specific government guidance (CMS FAQs) that previously restricted physicians from offering these services due to self-referral rules.
Improves convenience and continuity of care for seniors requiring office-administered treatments.
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