Competitive Bidding For High-End Devices? Ways & Means Reiterates “No”
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A competitive bidding model that would give physicians the discretionary ability to prescribe a particular product brand is being evaluated by the House Ways & Means Committee
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