Outpatient Payment Draft Supports Preventive Health Care Screening Tests
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medicare beneficiaries would no longer have to pay coinsurance for certain colorectal cancer screening tests under CMS' 2011 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule
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Industry Urges CMS To Be Cautious In Outpatient Payment Packaging
Medical device firms want CMS to collect more complete and accurate data on new medical technologies before the agency proposes including them in bundled payment packages
CMS In Brief
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