Denied! CMS Grants No New Inpatient New-Technology Add-On Payments For 2012
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
None of the companies that requested a Medicare new-technology add-on payment for fiscal 2012 will receive one, according to the final inpatient prospective payment system rule released by CMS Aug. 1.
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