INTERVIEW: Ex-CMS director on negotiating US reimbursement pitfalls
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Reimbursement is a hot topic – but what does it actually mean for companies trying to get healthcare systems to pay for their products? “I think they need to focus on the patient rather than the technology,” replied Louis Jacques, chief clinical officer of healthcare advisory services firm ADVI and former director of the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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