CMS Moves Forward With Addressing Charge Compression For Implantable Devices
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The agency finalized its decision to base its payment calculations on data that separates hospital charges for implantable devices from those for lower-priced medical supplies in the final 2013 outpatient rule.
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