OPPS Data To Improve? Hospitals Join Device Groups In Supporting “C” Codes
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals are withdrawing opposition to "C" codes for device tracking, acknowledging potential quality improvements to data used to set payment rates under the hospital outpatient system
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