CMS Reviewing ICD Implantation Cost Data, Ensuring DRGs Are Correct
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is evaluating comments on its inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule to determine if the actual cost of implanting cardioverter-defibrillators contradicts with the agency's assessment of hospital data on the procedure.