CMS Seeks Ideas For Improving OPPS Claims Data Quality
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
AdvaMed plans to meet with CMS officials in January to discuss ways to improve hospital OPPS data methodology, including how to best capture device costs for the 2005 update
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