HCFA Draft List Of Device Categories Under OPPS Meets Industry Approval
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Six categories of stents are included in the Health Care Financing Administration's proposed list of device "pass-through" payment categories under the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS).
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