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# Hospital Buyer & Reimbursement

The commercial reality of selling into health systems: GPOs, IDNs, value analysis committees, CPT/HCPCS coding, ICD-10, NCD/LCD coverage, and specialty payment pathways like NTAP and TCET.

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## Reimbursement36 

-   [340B Drug Pricing Program(340B) ](/terms/340b)
-   [Ambulatory Payment Classification(APC) ](/terms/apc)
-   [ASC Site-of-Service Shift ](/terms/asc-shift)
-   [Budget Impact Model(BIM) ](/terms/budget-impact-model)
-   [Bundled Payment ](/terms/bundled-payment)
-   [Category III CPT Code ](/terms/category-iii-cpt)
-   [Category III CPT Codes ](/terms/category-iii-codes)
-   [CMS IDE Coverage (Category A & B) ](/terms/ide-coverage)
-   [Coverage with Evidence Development(CED) ](/terms/ced)
-   [CPT Codes(CPT) ](/terms/cpt-codes)
-   [Current Procedural Terminology Codes(CPT) ](/terms/cpt)
-   [Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies(DMEPOS) ](/terms/dmepos)
-   [HCPCS Codes(HCPCS) ](/terms/hcpcs)
-   [Health Economics and Outcomes Research(HEOR) ](/terms/heor)
-   [Health Technology Assessment(HTA) ](/terms/hta)
-   [ICD-10-CM / ICD-10-PCS ](/terms/icd-10)
-   [Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio(ICER) ](/terms/icer)
-   [Inpatient Prospective Payment System(IPPS) ](/terms/ipps)
-   [Joint Clinical Assessment(JCA) ](/terms/jca)
-   [LCD and NCD ](/terms/lcd-ncd)
-   [Medicare Administrative Contractor(MAC) ](/terms/mac)
-   [Medicare Physician Fee Schedule(MPFS) ](/terms/physician-fee-schedule)
-   [MS-DRG(MS-DRG) ](/terms/ms-drg)
-   [National and Local Coverage Determinations(NCD / LCD) ](/terms/ncd-lcd)
-   [New Technology Add-On Payment(NTAP) ](/terms/ntap)
-   [Outpatient Prospective Payment System(OPPS) ](/terms/opps)
-   [Prior Authorization ](/terms/prior-authorization)
-   [Proprietary Laboratory Analyses Codes(PLA) ](/terms/pla-codes)
-   [Protecting Access to Medicare Act(PAMA) ](/terms/pama)
-   [Quality-Adjusted Life Year(QALY) ](/terms/qaly)
-   [Recovery Audit Contractor(RAC) ](/terms/rac-audit)
-   [RWE for Reimbursement ](/terms/real-world-evidence-reimbursement)
-   [Site-Neutral Payment ](/terms/site-neutral-payment)
-   [Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies(TCET) ](/terms/tcet)
-   [Transitional Pass-Through Payment(TPT) ](/terms/tpt)
-   [Value-Based Care(VBC) ](/terms/value-based-care)

## Commercialization23 

-   [AdvaMed Code of Ethics ](/terms/advamed-code)
-   [Advisory Board ](/terms/advisory-board)
-   [Anti-Kickback Statute(AKS) ](/terms/anti-kickback)
-   [Bottom-Up Market Sizing ](/terms/bottom-up-sizing)
-   [Distributor vs Direct Sales ](/terms/distributor-direct)
-   [Field Clinical Engineer(FCE) ](/terms/field-clinical-engineer)
-   [Freedom to Operate(FTO) ](/terms/freedom-to-operate)
-   [Good Clinical Practice(GCP) ](/terms/gcp)
-   [Group Purchasing Organization(GPO) ](/terms/gpo)
-   [Integrated Delivery Network(IDN) ](/terms/idn)
-   [Key Opinion Leader(KOL) ](/terms/kol)
-   [Label Claims ](/terms/label-claims)
-   [Launch Readiness ](/terms/launch-readiness)
-   [Managed Service / Reagent Rental ](/terms/managed-service-contract)
-   [Off-Label Use ](/terms/off-label-use)
-   [Physician Payments Sunshine Act ](/terms/sunshine-act)
-   [Physician Training and Proctoring ](/terms/training-and-proctoring)
-   [Pre-Submission Meeting(Q-Sub) ](/terms/pre-submission)
-   [Razor / Razor-Blade Model ](/terms/razor-razorblade)
-   [Stark Law ](/terms/stark-law)
-   [Strategic Acquisition ](/terms/acquisition)
-   [TAM / SAM / SOM ](/terms/tam-sam-som)
-   [Value Analysis Committee(VAC) ](/terms/vac)

## Industry Bodies1 

-   [Industry Trade Organizations ](/terms/industry-orgs)

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