CMS Inpatient Payment Proposal Addresses “Charge Compression”
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS plans to take steps next year to improve the accuracy of its payments to hospitals for high-cost devices, though the agency does not promise as quick of a remedy as sought by manufacturers
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