CMS Imaging Coverage Analysis Takes Additive Cost Into Account
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS is pushing imaging manufacturers to show that their technologies can replace other tests or rule out costly treatments, rather than simply add another bill to the pile
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