Breakthrough Devices To Get Special US Medicare Reimbursement Under CMS Proposal
Executive Summary
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to automatically allow reimbursement and up to 65% new technology add-on payments for US FDA-approved, -cleared or de novo devices in the agency's Breakthrough Devices Program. Industry groups, including the Medical Device Manufacturers Association and AdvaMed, have been pushing CMS for such coverage for several years.
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