AIM Act Touted As One Solution To Device Reimbursement Woes
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Accelerating Innovation in Medicine Act, introduced last year with some bipartisan support, was touted at the latest House 21st Century Cures hearing as a self-pay path for seniors to get access to newly-approved devices not yet covered under Medicare, and to give manufacturers time to collect needed data to support reimbursement.
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