French limit conditions and prices for heart leads
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Manufacturers of leads used in implantable heart stimulation devices, such as pacemakers, have until March 2 to comment on two proposals just published in the French Journal officiel that will impact conditions for reimbursement and the prices they can charge. The first of the two proposals, drafted by the French commission responsible for the evaluation of healthcare products and services, CEPP, lists the various conditions of use which must be met when the various leads are implanted. The second, drafted by the healthcare products pricing committee, the CEPS, proposes upper limits of prices that can be charged and reimbursed for these different types of leads, which are set at E540 ($654) for most leads except for those used in transvenous stimulation, which are set at E850. The proposals were published in the JO on January 31.