As the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration comes to an end on May 11, 2023, preparing for some changes to current flexibilities, actions and waivers that have been in place since COVID-19 began is crucial.
Humana has recently sent out another round of audits to pharmacies with the subject line: Review of claim(s) billed after member’s deceased date.
For any item to be covered by Medicare B, there must be clinical documentation to support the covered diagnosis, prove it is reasonable and necessary for treatment and meet all other Medicare requirements.
Humana periodically performs retrospective claim reviews. If upon review Humana determines a claim was billed in error (i.e., after the Humana coverage was terminated), the pharmacy will get a prescription reversal letter.
Novo Nordisk® discontinued manufacturing the Levemir® FlexTouch® in early February 2023.
A common component of a pharmacy audit request is the delivery/signature log.
Prescription Validation Requests (also known as claim reviews) are becoming a more frequent occurrence with many PBMs. In 2022, PAAS saw an 18% increase year over year. Some of the reasons these claims get flagged include…
Beyond traditional desktop, on-site, investigational or invoice audits, Caremark performs various compliance reviews.
PAAS National® alerted pharmacies to the delay in enforcement of Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS) for Medicare Part D until January 1, 2023.
The six Medicare auditing entities are responsible for auditing records, claims and payments. What is the rationale for having these auditing entities?
