We all get excited—and rightfully so—at the rapid advance of clinical medicine. New treatments, therapies, and drugs save lives. But when you work in the revenue cycle, you know that payment mechanisms can significantly lag new technologies.
When codes don’t exist, or reimbursement is woefully inadequate, you have to take action. Petition, sometimes at the highest levels of government.
Jugna Shah is fighting for improved coverage and reimbursement for CAR-T and other cell and gene therapies, a trip that recently took her all the way to Capitol Hill. On this episode she talks about exciting work underway to improve healthcare accessibility and reimbursement, shaking hands with popular politicians, and of course some can’t miss documentation and coding tips.
On this show we cover:
