GPO Website Exposes Firms That Are Passing Device Tax On To Customers
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The site Medical Device Tax Watch (www.devicetaxwatch.com
) lists companies that the Healthcare Supply Chain Association says are “shifting the burden of the medical device excise tax ... directly to American hospitals and other health care providers.”
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