How should hospitals handle Medicare billing for services that involve the use of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) provided drugs?

For services rendered to Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries, standard Medicare FFS billing rules apply. This would include following existing policy on no cost items, such as SNS drugs, as noted in Q&A H1N1-1, above. Hospitals and other providers should work with their other payers to determine the acceptable way, if any, to bill those payers for services related to free drugs/tests.

Last Reviewed: 11/02/2009

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