HCFA Expands Cryosurgery Policy, Turning Down AUA's Covering Fire
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Health Care Financing Administration has extended Medicare coverage of prostate cryosurgery to radiation therapy salvage patients although the American Urological Association did not fully endorse the procedure.
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