Medicare Part B Demo Program Will Miss March 7 Start-Up Goal
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The Medicare law set a 90-day deadline to begin the $500 mil. program to expand Medicare coverage of alternatives to physician-administered drugs. The law also offered confusing advice on how CMS should allocate the money.
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