CMS Proposes Deep Payment Cut For PET Scans In Draft Outpatient Rule
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging procedures face steep payment decreases in the outpatient setting under a CMS proposal
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