CMS avoids tackling self-referral in MPFS and HOPPS rules

November 4, 2008, 1:37 am by Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had a chance to put the brakes on physician self-referral when it released its final rules last week governing the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS). Instead, the agency punted.

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