CMS met this week, and will again on June 3, to hear arguments in support of establishing new or revised level II HCPCS codes for 33 different durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics items and medical supplies. But in preliminary rulings the agency signaled plans to deny all but two of the requests.
CMS is proposing to deny most requests for new or revised level II Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System reimbursement codes in 2015.
Of the 33 separate durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics items, as well as medical supplies, that are the subject of code requests, the agency has only signaled interest in granting two of them in its preliminary decisions
Flo Health was the first femtech unicorn to be valued at over $1bn. But the company faced 49 investment rejections before reaching that status, Anna Klepchukova, the company’s chief medical officer, told the LSX World Congress Europe. THENA Capital’s Esther Reynal de St Michel Richardot talked through the firm’s gender-smart investment strategy.
Apple and Synchron are teaming up to develop technologies that will one day allow people who can’t use their hands or voice to control iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices by using only their thoughts.
The REFLECT studies showed a 78% reduction in cardiovascular disease-related hospitalization for people living with type 1 diabetes with prior low blood sugar episodes.
