MCIT Rule Likely Too Broken For CMS To Implement In December, Analyst Predicts
Executive Summary
John Leppard with Washington Analysis says the Medicare agency’s recent delay of the MCIT breakthrough devices rule until mid-December suggests the CMS will likely scrap it altogether and start from scratch.
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