CMS Defends Image Guidance Packaging Policy In Oupatient Rule
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Concentrating certain imaging guidance technologies at a limited number of facilities within a community could enhance overall quality of care, CMS asserts in its 2009 outpatient prospective payment system 1ruling finalized Oct. 30
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