CMS Outpatient Packaging Proposal Faces Resistance From Device Makers
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Agency has set a course for grouping more hospital outpatient procedures into payment packages in an effort to reign in soaring costs, but stakeholders are calling for a scale back the scope and urgency of the plan.
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