CMS News is Good for Troubled Markets
Executive Summary
There was probably no group more relieved than the makers of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) to see the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) in August drastically modify its proposal to slash hospital reimbursement. The change is as a result of effective lobbying from the medical device community as well as the hospital industry, and is welcome news to all high-end device makers.
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