Independent Contractors Tapped As Medicare Coverage Appeals Arbitrators
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Qualified independent contractors would be used to review Medicare coverage appeals for medical technology under a provision of House Ways and Means/Health Subcommittee Chairman Bill Thomas' (R-Calif.) Medicare drug benefit bill (HR 4680).
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