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Beware of 3 Possible Drawbacks to the New DMEPOS Rule

Published on Wed Jan 20, 2016

Why some stakeholders believe CMS is unfairly including leg prostheses. When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the prior authorization final rule for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) items, not all industry stakeholders were overjoyed. In fact, some organizations are expressing serious concerns over the rule, and here are the three major issues: 1. [...]
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