OPPS Stability Requires 5% Floor In Cuts To Device APCs – AdvaMed, MDMA
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
With 17 device-related APCs facing at least a 50% payment reduction from their 2002 rates, AdvaMed is asserting the need for a 5% floor on reductions in the 2004 hospital OPPS final rule
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