CMS Mulls Proposal For Breakthrough Devices Almost One Year After MCIT Scrapped

A CMS official announced that the agency is working on a proposal to replace breakthrough device coverage scheme MCIT  that will balance ensuring product safety with narrowing the “valley of death.”

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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to propose a quicker review process for reimbursing new and innovative medical devices, an agency official says in a new journal article.

The proposal for a new expedited Medicare coverage pathway was published 13 October in the Journal of the American...

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