MedPAC To Address Future Of “Pass-Through” Payments In March Report
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will consider long-term strategies for the reimbursement of medical technology in the hospital outpatient setting and make a recommendation in its March 2002 report to Congress
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