The US Medicare agency is allowing more device procedures to be conducted at outpatient hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (ASC), while approving several new devices for passthrough payments for three years under its Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC payment system final rule for 2020, released on 1 November.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made several significant changes to its 2020 outpatient and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment rules intended to expand beneficiaries’ access to medtech procedures.
Among the changes in the final rule, released on 1 November, total hip arthroplasty, six spine surgical procedures and...
Broad participation by EU member states in a new pilot to test a unified procedure for evaluating applications for combined drug and IVD studies shows they recognize its value, says Monique Al, vice-chair of the Clinical Trials Coordination Group.
MedTech Europe is ready to become involved and shape Europe’s Life Sciences Strategy and help drive regulatory simplification from the top to make the EU “the world’s most attractive place for life sciences by 2030.”
The UK government’s blueprint to deliver an NHS "fit for the future" was released on July 3.
