CMS Actively Looking For New Reimbursement Pathway For Innovative Devices

Industry is looking for a policy by the end of the year that would provide an automatic, temporary coverage pathway for breakthrough devices, and federal officials, including from the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) acknowledge they are actively looking at options for improving device reimbursement.

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Device industry leaders are optimistic that a formal breakthrough device reimbursement proposal could be on the table by the end of the year, and federal officials are certainly not giving any reason to doubt that.

Industry lobbyists have been working with CMS, members of Congress and other policymakers for years in an attempt to add...

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