CMS Advocates DRG Payment Changes To Check Overpaying Certain Services
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS is considering a selective review of potentially excessive DRG payments for cardiac, orthopedic and surgical procedures that could be spurring physicians to form specialty hospitals
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