CMS Delays Requirement for Short-Cycle Drug Dispensing in Long-term Care Facilities
June 30, 2011 at 20:00:00 ET
In a final rule released April 15, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a one-year delay in the implementation of short-cycle prescription drug dispensing (76 Fed. Reg. 21432). The regulation at 42 C.F.R. §423.154 will now go into effect Jan. 1, 2013. The delay comes after health care groups and members of Congress expressed concern about the timing of the reg... Read More
