Medicare Inpatient Cuts May Reduce Hospital Device Spending
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Hospitals almost certainly will reduce some capital spending and device purchasing in the coming year due to a Medicare rule that cuts average inpatient payments beginning Oct. 1, a sector representative said
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