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AHRQ Report On Negative Pressure Wound Therapy May Impact Payment

This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet

Executive Summary

An Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality report on negative pressure wound therapy devices undermines Kinetic Concepts' contention that its V.A.C. NPWT system is clinically superior to others and should be coded separately by Medicare

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