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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Payment for new technologies in Medicare’s prospective payment systems

Payment for new technologies in Medicare’s prospective payment systems

February 27, 2003

The Secretary should introduce clinical criteria for eligibility of drugs and biologicals to receive pass-through payments under the outpatient prospective payment system.

Appeared in: March 2003 - Chapter 4

Topics: Drugs, Devices, and Tests and Hospital.