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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Outpatient dialysis services (2)

Outpatient dialysis services (2)

March 1, 2006

The Congress should direct the Secretary to: eliminate differences in paying for composite rate services between hospital-based and freestanding dialysis facilities; and combine the base composite rate and the add-on adjustment.

Appeared in: March 2006 - Chapter 2C

Topics: Ambulatory care settings.