APC Panel Suggests Steps To Improve OPPS Device-Related Payment Rates
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS should accept external data from manufacturers and providers to validate payment rates for the 2005 hospital outpatient prospective payment system update, according to the APC Advisory Panel
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