Four New-Tech Bonus Payment Applicants Plead Their Case To CMS
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
SynCardia Systems says its CardioWest artificial heart qualifies for CMS bonus payments for new, innovative technologies even though the device was FDA-approved in 2004, highlighting a gray area in CMS' process for granting such payments
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