Commission Posts Payment Allowance Limits for Medicare Part B Drugs

The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission has posted payment allowance limits for Medicare Part B drugs that go into effect Wednesday. The payment allowance limits will be in effect through June 30. The list of limits notes that payment limits subject to Medicare’s Average Sales Price methodology are based on ASP data from the fourth quarter of 2014. Also, according to the table of limits, the absence or presence of an HCPCS code and the payment allowance limits in the table does not indicate whether the drug is covered by Medicare, and the inclusion of a payment allowan...