CMS Inpatient Preview: Proposal Will Update Switch To Severity Adjustments
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS' proposed rule for fiscal year 2008 hospital inpatient payments will discuss research the agency has done since last fall to move forward with severity-adjusted payments and build on the system overhaul that began last year
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