Is A Local Coverage Model Essential? GAO Report Touts Miscellaneous Codes
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The General Accounting Office is recommending that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services halt development of local coverage decisions in favor of promulgating national policy
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