In Ethiopia, private labs perform CD4 counts and other HIV/AIDS tests under a quota specified by the Ministry of Health (MOH), and are reimbursed for tests conducted [ 20].
Some policies only reimburse for tests and treatments for the year in which the condition was diagnosed, which means you assume the full cost after the first year.
To identify possible bias among the CHC population, we also compared PDC characteristics with a tertiary centre population, an HIV tertiary centre and with outpatients reimbursed for HCV-FT teseeng (see online supplementary data S9).
Physicians using the device have not told the company they are having trouble getting reimbursed for the tests, Dr. Gozani said.
Whatever the answer, many companies see the disruption unleashed by the reforms as the business opportunity of a lifetime.One of the biggest shifts under way is to phase out the "fee for service" model, in which hospitals and doctors' surgeries are reimbursed for each test or treatment with no regard for the outcome, encouraging them to put patients through unnecessary and expensive procedures.
[As for revenue], we work with payers and insurance companies to be reimbursed for the tests we run.
According to the NSSPP's cost sharing policy, a maximum allowable cost (MAC) of Canadian $0.74 was reimbursed for each test strip in the fiscal year 2004/05.
Ask how much you will be reimbursed for the blood test strips with each meter.
Among other concerns, the group claimed that the task force failed to consider the needs of high-risk groups, and also claimed insurance companies were likely to refuse to reimburse for P.S.A. testing as a result of the task force guidelines.
In addition, implementation will be driven by patient and healthcare providers' demand for the technologies, and payers' willingness to reimburse for genomic testing and counseling.
