LEXICON
No.152 March 4, 2016

Special expansion re-pricing (Huge-seller re-pricing)
特例拡大再算定(巨額再算定)

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) will introduce in April 2016 a special expansion re-pricing rule (特例拡大再算定; tokurei kakudai sai santei ), dubbed a “huge-seller” re-pricing rule (巨額再算定; kyogaku sai santei ), which it describes as an extraordinary...

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