A draft overhaul of human subject protections for clinical studies has emerged, and among the proposed changes is a mandatory use of a single institutional review board (IRB) for federally funded cooperative research, with the exception of instances in which "more than a single IRB is required by law."
Continuous glucose monitors have been around for a few years, but the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has had little to say about them to date. NHIC, a Medicare administrative contractor that seems to serve as the agency's point for durable medical equipment, has declared that CGMs are not coverable, and the coverage debate is getting noisier every day. Some argue that nearly all private carriers cover CGMs for Type 1 diabetes, but it would appear that the evidence in support of coverage seems less than overwhelmingly convincing, a...