Tag: Innovative technology
CMS delays rule outlining new technology pathway
March 15, 2021HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – CMS has delayed the January effective date of a final rule that established a Medicare coverage pathway to provide beneficiaries access to new, innovative medical devices designated as breakthrough technology by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The agency says it is delaying the final rule’s effective date for 60 days to ensure that the rulemaking process was procedurally adequate; that it properly...