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US Medicare Extends Add-On Payments For 13 Technologies

 
• By Brian Bossetta

Citing the pandemic, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) discounted 2020 data in reviewing renewals for New Technology Add-On Payment (NTAP) status and granted extensions through 30 September to 13 NTAP products.

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In its fiscal year 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule posted 2 August, CMS acknowledged the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 in updating Medicare payment policies and quality reporting programs for inpatient hospitals.

Due to the pandemic, CMS altered its typical calculus for reviewing products granted New Technology Add-On Payment (NTAP) by omitting...

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