Inpatient Proposed Rule Maps Higher Payment Rates For Complex Stenting
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Coronary stent diagnosis-related groups with secondary diagnoses would receive higher payments under the fiscal year 2006 inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announces.
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