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Re: 340-B, waste, and charging patients.

Ok I hope this helps. And I have a Medication Assistance area within our dept that worked out the details. One of them was a biller for the hospital. They figured out that you can bill for the waste. So if its a total of 10 billable units. Patient gets 7 units. The other 3 are billed as waste. Now I know that this must be entered into the patients chart. So when we make it we have a sticker that we right the waste on and its applied to the chart. If you need more exact details I can get you in contact with the Med Assistance people. Hope that helps some.

Name of Facility: Memorial Hospital

City, State: Marysville, Ohio

Years as a Buyer: 25+

Re: 340-B, waste, and charging patients.

Hi Shawn,

Thank you for replying! I was hoping someone could tell me what they are doing when
you are giving less then a billable unit. So, 10mg would 1 unit, but you only gave 7mg.
What would you do with the other 3mg because you cannot add a jw modifier to that since it is less than 1 unit. Did I explain that well? Sorry!

Thank you,
Ciara

Name of Facility: Community Reginal Cancer Centers: North, East, and South

City, State: Indianapolis, IN

Years as a Buyer: 2

Re: 340-B, waste, and charging patients.

Look up JW Modifier. You need to chart waste so that you can get reimbursed. The same way, you can accumulate the waste.

Name of Facility: IUHB

City, State: Blngt, IN

Years as a Buyer: 12