Medicare coverage of digital mental health therapies has traditionally been lacking, but the final Medicare physician fee schedule for 2025 added three new codes to deal with the coverage gap.

While the inpatient and outpatient final rules for 2025 are baked into the U.S. Medicare payment system, there are indications that Congress will consider legislation that would flatten rates across sites of service.

Boston Scientific Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cortex Inc., from Ajax Health Inc. to develop an integrated mapping and ablation solution for cardiac arrhythmias. Cortex’s Optimap system employs a basket catheter and algorithm to identify active sources for atrial fibrillation beyond the pulmonary veins on which most mapping and ablation technology currently focus.

415 Capital Management GmbH launched its second fund as it looks to raise €150 million (US$165 million) to invest in companies developing medical technologies to address cardiovascular and neurovascular diseases.

The U.S. FDA reported a class I recall of tracheostomy tube kits by Minneapolis-based Smiths Medical Inc., because of the risk of separation of the tube’s pilot balloon and inflation line.