In this month’s Business Roundup, we cover key happenings including Medicare coverage and reimbursement, as well as the US surpassing Europe as medtech’s market of choice.
The Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) was supposed to significantly reduce Medicare Part B lab tests spending. But it hasn’t happened. In FY 2018 and 2019, the first two years under the PAMA system, Medicare payments under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule...
No cancer is more deadly than lung cancer. But early detection can save lives and head off costly and invasive treatment. With this in mind, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a national coverage determination (NCD) expanding coverage for lung...