OPPS Categories Should Be Distinct Enough To Allow Additions - AdvaMed
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The range of products in each of the Health Care Financing Administration's device hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) "pass-through" categories should not be so broad as to prevent the development of new categories in the future, according to AdvaMed.
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