Scully Nominated As HCFA Chief, Will Develop OPPS New Category Criteria
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Establishing criteria to use in the creation of additional "pass-through" device categories for HCFA's outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) will be one of the initial tasks facing incoming agency administrator Thomas Scully, currently President and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals.
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