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Louis Jacques On Coverage, Evidence And IDEs

In the first part of a two-part Q&A, just-departed CMS coverage director Louis Jacques talks about the strong future ahead he envisions for the Medicare coverage-with-evidence-development program and new coverage policies that will be implemented for investigational device exemption trials.

After 10 years of leading CMS through a series of improvements and changes to the agency’s coverage and reimbursement policies, Louis Jacques, former director of the Coverage and Analysis Group within the Center for Clinical Standards, began a new chapter March 1 as chief clinical officer with ADVI, a health care advisory services firm.

Jacques is joining a team of former health care executives and public policymakers, led by former White House official Marc...

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