Cardiac Monitoring Companies Fight Medicare Reimbursement Cut By Novitas
Executive Summary
Medicare carrier Novitas has proposed to cut reimbursement for long-term electrocardiogram monitoring, which could be a major headache for companies like iRhythm.
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