The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: CMS wraps up prior authorization rule; ITC finds no violation of Section 337.
The Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) program drew rave reviews when it was unveiled, but the associated proposal to redefine the term “reasonable and necessary” met with skepticism. The final rule includes some discussion of how private payer coverage might be leveraged to broaden the definition, but the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) nonetheless punted on the question for now, promising to tackle it within a year.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: CMS finalizes MCIT rule; HHS lists permanent waivers of notification; FDA schedules advisory meeting for latest Lutonix model; HHS announces telehealth grants; Telemarketer caught in sting over telehealth fraud; Churn at FDA chief counsel’s office.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: FDA: Curative test for COVID should be conducted per product label; FDA posts MEA final guidance; CMS eyes radiology quality measures; Ra Medical agrees to fines.
As is the case with many national governments, the U.S. federal government does not routinely measure its activities in the calendar year, but we at BioWorld don’t share that outlook. CY 2020 was odd in more ways than one from a regulatory standpoint, and thus we offer our version of a regulatory top 10 for a year that might not look much better in the rear-view mirror than it has looked as a current event.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: CMS unveils push toward digital collection of quality measures; NIH awards for ‘outside-the-box’ projects under RADx; ISO posts IP management standard.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: FDA delays comment period for electromagnetic compatibility draft; CMS, ONC post info sharing, prior authorization rule; Van Hollen debuts diagnostic accuracy bill; CDC updates POC testing guidelines; GAO: Specimen biopsy handling errors relatively low.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: USPTO finalizes SAS rule, U.S. senators press case for permanent telehealth, CMS no fan of national coverage policy for Allomap, TGA posts guidance for class I tests, Marburg MCMs protected under PREP.
Of all the things that irritate physicians about health insurance, prior authorization might be at the top of the list. That didn’t stop the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) from imposing a prior authorization requirement for the implant of spinal stimulators and for cervical fusion with disc removal in the calendar year 2021 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system, however.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the Medicare physician fee schedule for calendar year 2021, a document that has drawn blistering reviews from a number of stakeholders. The criticisms generally revolve around the impact of higher rates for evaluation and management (E&M) services on other rates, but there is already legislation in play on Capitol Hill that would reverse the changes wrought by increases in rates for E&M services.
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