Diabetes Management Firms Shun VA Medical Product Standardization
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Diabetes testing equipment manufacturers are uniting to dissuade the Department of Veterans Affairs from issuing a request for proposals (RFP) that would standardize clinical preference products nationwide
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