CMS Mulls Proposal For Breakthrough Devices Almost One Year After MCIT Scrapped

A CMS official announced that the agency is working on a proposal to replace breakthrough device coverage scheme MCIT that will balance ensuring product safety with narrowing the “valley of death.”

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to propose a quicker review process for reimbursing new and innovative medical devices, an agency official says in a new journal article.

The proposal for a new expedited Medicare coverage pathway was published 13 October in the Journal of the American...