HCFA Coverage Criteria Proposed Rulemaking Notice Expected Spring 2001
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Health Care Financing Administration will publish a notice of proposed rulemaking by March 2001 regarding criteria for Medicare coverage, according to HCFA Coverage & Analysis Group Director Sean Tunis, MD.
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