Medicare Outpatient Payment Rate Should Be AWP-25%, Rep. Thomas Says
Executive Summary
The Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system base payments for drugs should be set at 75% of the average wholesale price, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas said
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