Also in the FY 2008 Inpatient Rule...
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
New tech add-ons: 2008 will be the first year since CMS began accepting applications in 2002 that the agency will not grant any new technology add-on payments. To qualify for a bonus payment, a technology must be "new" (on the market less than three years), meet a high-cost threshold, and show "substantial clinical improvement" over existing treatments.