NCD Evidence Criteria, Public Participation Are Topics Of Future CMS Regs
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS does not plan to publish written criteria for assessing whether a service or item is "reasonable and necessary," HHS acknowledges
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