Cook’s Zenith Fenestrated AAA Graft Nets Positive Payment Rulings In Medicare Reg
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The firm’s specialized endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm product was the only device newly awarded a new-technology add-on payment for fiscal 2013, and was moved to a higher-paying procedure category than CMS had previously proposed.
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