Medicare Contractor Reform Will Preserve "Localized Trends," Scully Says
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Local decision-making on Medicare coverage issues will remain uncompromised by efforts to reform contracting policy, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Tom Scully assured lawmakers Sept. 25.
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