Medicare Regulations:
Look for Payment for Some HIV Drugs as Additional Preventive Services
Published on Tue Feb 04, 2025
Question: Does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) cover medication for prophylactic transmission prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)? Washington, D.C. Subscriber Answer: On Sept. 30, 2024, CMS released the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV national coverage determination (NCD). This NCD established coverage of certain drugs under the Part B additional preventive services benefit. HIV or human [...]