Top Hill Staffer Says CMS Breakthrough Coverage Pulled Due to Cost
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A House Energy and Commerce staffer said the committee dropped a Medicare reimbursement provision for breakthrough devices from their Cures draft bill because of cost but lawmakers haven't given up on the issue yet.
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