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Lawmakers side with industry on capped-rental change
March 14, 2014Leah Hoenen
WASHINGTON - A group of lawmakers has asked CMS to delay the transition of certain complex rehab items to capped-rental status on April 1.In a March 6 letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, two senators and two representatives ask the agency to delay the transition until at least July 1 “to allow for the development of appropriate classification policies that provide patients with medically-necessary CRT equipment in a reasonable and cost-effective way.”CMS has based its decision...