2006 OPPS Proposed Rule: Pass-Through Payment Expansion, Lower Floor
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS will permit devices that are surgically inserted or implanted through a natural orifice to qualify for pass-through payment, according to the 2006 hospital outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule
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