HCFA Set To Issue DME Payment "Inherent Reasonableness" Final Rules
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Health Care Financing Administration intends "to move forward as quickly as possible" on a final rule about proposed reductions in Medicare reimbursement of up to 15% for lancets, eyeglass frames and indwelling catheters under the agency's "inherent reasonableness" authority.
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