Blood reimbursement
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS should accept industry data to "remedy the inadequacies of blood reimbursement quickly in order to avert the development of issues with blood safety and availability," AdvaMed, the American Hospital Association, American Red Cross and the American Association of Blood Banks state in a 1July 28 letter. The groups jointly submitted a 2letter to Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Kathleen Utgoff, PhD, seeking a meeting to urge development of a blood producer price index - the group's long-term goal to improving reimbursement (3"The Gray Sheet" July 12, 2004, p. 10)...