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CMS Kicks Can Down Road By Pushing MCIT Breakthrough Devices Rule To Dec. 15. Here’s Why

 
• By Shawn M. Schmitt

In a move that will undoubtedly ruffle industry feathers, the US Medicare agency on 14 May issued a final rule that moves implementation of the Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology rule to the end of the year.

Kicking a can down the road.

In a move that will undoubtedly ruffle industry feathers, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on 14 May issued a final rule that punts implementation of the Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) regulation to 15 December.

“We do not believe that it is in the best interest of Medicare beneficiaries for the [MCIT] final rule to...

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