Device Inpatient Payment, Medicare Contractor Reforms Pass With Drug Bill
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Senate will take up Medicare contractor and inpatient prospective payment reform proposals within the "Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act" of 2002 (HR 4954) after the July 4 recess
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