OPPS Final Rule Carries Higher Offsets For Cardiovascular Device Procedures
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Procedures using cardiovascular devices will be reimbursed at a relatively high rate in calendar 2002 under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' final rule on the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS)
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