HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration) identifies new technology and services that will be paid at higher rates under special categories
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has announced details of the process it intends to use in deciding which products should fall into two new higher- payment categories, which are to be introduced under its pending outpatient prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicare, the US federal health insurance plan for the elderly and the disabled.