Eliminate unnecessary imaging services to meet planned APC payment reductions in the 2009 OPPS proposed rule
APC Payment Insider, November 1, 2008
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In the September Briefings on APCs, an HCPro publication, Jugna Shah, MPH, president of Nimitt Consulting in Washington, DC, summarized the OPPS proposed rule in her “OPPS advisor” column. She said an important change proposed for 2009 is an expansion of composite packaging to encompass multiple imaging services.
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