OPPS "New Technology" Payments Should Cover Incremental Gains - Industry
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS' stipulation that only "truly new" procedures should be eligible for new-technology ambulatory payment classification (APC) payments is unacceptable, device manufacturers maintain.
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