US hospitals might be getting more of an incentive to choose single-use duodenoscopes over traditional reusable scopes.
This is after the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which runs US health platforms Medicare and Medicaid, has granted an additional reimbursement for single-use duodenoscopes to be used for examinations of the gall bladder and the pancreas, for example.
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