Follow Best Practices for Billing Insulin Pens

April 2020

Pharmacies are hearing mixed messages about how to properly bill and dispense insulin pens...and getting it wrong can be costly.

In early 2019, a pharmacy chain was ordered to pay over $200 million...for dispensing full pen boxes and submitting days' supplies less than the actual supply to allow claims to "go through."

The issue was compounded by early refills because the days' supplies were understated.

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Follow Best Practices for Billing Insulin Pens

Practical advice for a better career, with unlimited access to CE

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