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If you're wondering why medical billing is so expensive and why medical costs themselves are sky high, this is our seventh installment in our series o

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

n electronic billing and the GD0 record. After we're finished with our review of the fields, which you will find in this article, we'll then discuss

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

certain fields of the GD0 record, which need to be filled in based on the type of equipment that is being prescribed. If you thought it was confusing

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

up to this point, you haven't seen anything yet.

GD0 field 51, position 200, is the leg elevation indicator. This indicator tells the carrier if th

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

patient requires some sort of leg elevation. If the patient does require leg elevation then this field is filled with a Y. If not, this field is fi

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

lled with an N.

GD0 field 52, position 201, is the patient's weight indicator. This field confuses a lot of billers. Reading the description, many

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

billers think that the patient's weight is transmitted here, but seeing it is a one character field, they are totally confused. What is actually tran

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

smitted in this field is a one character code that tells the carrier if the patient's weight requires the patient to have a heavy duty wheelchair. Th

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

s is quite common with patients who are very obese. If this is the case, the field is transmitted with a Y. If not, the field is transmitted with an

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

N.

GD0 field 53, position 202, is the reclining wheelchair indicator. This indicator tells the carrier if the patient requires the reclining functi

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

on with their wheelchair. The reason this has to be reported is because a standard wheelchair does not include this function and a carrier will not n

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

ormally cover the reclining function unless it is medically necessary. If it is, this field is filled with a Y. If not, this field is filled with an

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

N.

GD0 field 54, position 203, is the manual operation chair indicator. This indicator tells the carrier if the patient is able to operate a wheelch

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

air manually. This is where a lot of billers get into trouble and fraud runs rampant. In order to sell higher end wheelchairs, many providers will s

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

et this field to N, meaning the patient cannot operate a manual wheelchair. Too many cases are found where this wasn't the case. This one field is p

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

robably one of the biggest problems with this CMN.

GD0 field 55, position 204, is the side transfer chair indicator. This indicator tells the carrie

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

if the patient requires side transfer onto the chair. If this condition exists then the patient needs a certain kind of chair. This field verifies

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

the medical necessity of that chair. The letter Y is transmitted if that is the case. If not, then the letter N is transmitted.

GD0 field 56, posit

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

ions 205 - 320, is filler national and must be filled with spaces or the CMN and the claim will be denied.

In our next installment on medical billing

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

, we'll begin our review of specific pieces of equipment and what fields need to be filled in for that equipment in relation to the GD0 record and CMN

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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