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Adjusting Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Reimbursement for Replaced Devices Offered Without Cost or With a Credit

This CR provides instructions for billing replaced devices that are received without cost or with a credit. It also includes contractor instructions for how to reduce IPPS payment based on the amount of the credit received by the hospital for the replaced device.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: May 16, 2008

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