Drug-Coated Balloons Net Medicare Inpatient Bonus Payments
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The positive hospital inpatient reimbursement decision for recently launched Medtronic and CR Bard peripheral artery devices follows prior positive policy rulings in the outpatient setting. Meanwhile, CMS rejected Boston Scientific's new-technology add-on application for the Watchman stroke device, but the agency did establish a pricier payment category for the new procedure.
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