Industry Scrambles To Meet Deadline For Outpatient PPS New Technology List
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Cardiac ablation is one example of a device category that the Health Care Financing Administration should have included in a list of "new technology" eligible for additional reimbursement under Medicare's soon-to-be-implemented prospective payment system (PPS) for hospital outpatient procedures, the Health Industry Manufacturers Association says.
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