FDA Updates IDE Guidance Addressing Medicare Coverage

CMS may have an easier time determining when it should pay for an investigational device as FDA revamps its IDE device-classification scheme.

Medicare, Health Concept

A final guidance document is meant to clarify when products being studied under an investigational device exemption can be paid for by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

The guidance modifies and updates US FDA’s policies on how to categorize devices used during clinical trials. It represents a...

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