CEO SUMMARY: Statements and actions by CMS officials responsible for the laboratory competitive bidding demonstration project reveal the likelihood that they are using it as a Trojan Horse. While talking about implementation of a three-year demonstration project in the San Diego MSA, CMS dropped hints that it will use the bids submitted on February 15 […]
Speculating On How Labs Might Respond to Demo
Consequences of the bidding demonstration may swiftly alter national Medicare Part B prices
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XIV No. 18 - December 31, 2007 Issue
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