FY 2006 OPPS Rule Preview: Surgical Incision Requirement, C-Codes On Table
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS does not plan to address manufacturer complaints that high-cost device items are underpaid under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system until 2007, according to Center for Medicare Management Deputy Director Tom Gustafson
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