CMS Jumps Out Ahead Of FDA With Transcatheter Valve Coverage Analysis
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Edwards Lifesciences is still waiting on an approval decision from FDA on the first indication for its Sapien transcatheter aortic heart valve replacement, but CMS has decided not to wait.
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