OPPS Rule Contains “Blend” Of PET Scan Payment Options In 2005
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS will retain PET scans within a new-technology ambulatory patient classification group in 2005, but plans to move 24 other outpatient procedures into clinical APCs
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