CMS Outpatient Packaging Proposal Faces Resistance From Device Makers
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS has set a course for grouping hospital outpatient payments together in "packages" in an effort to reign in soaring costs, but device stakeholders are urging the agency to scale back the scope and urgency of its plan
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