Response: After reviewing the information provided by the commenter and following consultation with our medical officers, we have determined that this equipment is only used in conjunction with another procedure and would be packaged for payment consistent with our policy of packaging items and services that are typically integral, ancillary, supportive, dependent, or adjunctive to a primary service
We also acknowledge that for patients with employer-based insurance, their health plans may have additional data to help the patient understand their out-of-pocket obligation, but, as stated above, the MRFs are a key foundational data source to support driving efficiency in health care
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No significant differences between treatment groups were observed using the Chao1 richness estimate 42 , which accounts for ASV rareness in the richness measure (Supplementary Fig
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