CMS Maintains Hardline Approach In New-Tech Add-On Payment Reviews
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Medicare agency raised significant questions about the qualifications for all five device applicants for FY 2017 new-technology add-on payments in its latest hospital inpatient proposed rule.
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