Medtronic loudest to applaud CMS' (Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services) new review of outpatient procedures
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services has agreed to alter Medicare's planned reimbursement for five device-related procedures performed in the outpatient setting after reviewing data supplied by manufacturers. The decision, announced October 31 in the agency's final rule for the outpatient prospective payment system for 2004, could be most helpful to Medtronic because it makes products affected by four of the five changes.