Competitive Bidding Hurdles Highlight Difficulties Of Curbing Device Costs
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The fits and starts in establishing a Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment illustrate the challenges to reducing federal spending on medical devices, speakers at a May 22 Institute of Medicine workshop said
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