HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration) to list new technologies for higher Medicare payments
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), the US agency that runs Medicare, the federal health plan for the elderly and disabled, has promised that a significant number of advanced technologies will qualify for higher payments under Medicare's new outpatient prospective payment system.
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