CMS Device Coverage, Coding Accountability Office Would Be Legislated
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Device industry reps expect House Ways & Means Committee member Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) to introduce legislation the week of July 23 that would create a Medicare Office of Technology and Innovation at CMS.
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