Former Medicare Officials Urge Reforms To Coverage Process
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Four former CMS officials are calling for dramatic changes to Medicare coverage policy that would allow the agency to consider cost in its coverage decision-making, require prior authorization for technologies to ensure compliance with national coverage policies and devote more government resources to clinical research specific to Medicare needs.
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