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China Payment Reform: 2020 Update
The pilot of implementing a diagnosis related group (DRG) payment model to inpatient hospital care, a major initiative of China’s ongoing healthcare reform, started in 2019.
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MedTech Pioneers – Cleveland Clinic’s Mission to Advance Surgical Robotic Innovation
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Veranex Participates in the 3rd Annual Leaders in Life Sciences Breakfast Roundtable
Eight leaders in Life Sciences came together for a virtual breakfast roundtable devoted to leading Life Sciences organizations through these...
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MedTech Pioneers – Dr. Maria Artunduaga Discusses Her Wearable Technology for Monitoring Lung Health and COPD
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CMS Proposes Changes to Part B Medicare Reimbursement for Physician-Administered Drugs Approved Under the 505(b)(2) Approval Pathway
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to alter assignment of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II codes...
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MedTech Pioneers – Redesigning Healthcare Amidst a Pandemic
Desert Horse-Grant and Dr. Jennifer McCaney, Co-Executive Directors, UCLA Biodesign This female dynamic duo founded UCLA’s Biodesign program in 2019...
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MedTech Pioneers – SV Health Investors Discuss the Firm’s New $90M Early-stage Medtech Convergence Fund
Paul LaViolette Managing Partner & COO, SV Health Investors Forging where others are tentative to trod, SV Health Investors, in partnership with...
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Medicare Clarifies Confusion Over Tests Covered by the NGS NCD
The Medicare NGS NCD grants national coverage for somatic testing in patients with advanced cancer if the test has FDA-approval or -clearance as a...
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G-BA Specifies Procedures for Coverage with Evidence Development- Gene Therapy Zolgensma® First Case
In Germany, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) recently amended its rules of assessment procedures to consider new therapies and products without...
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CMS New Technology Add-On Payment FY 2021 Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) New Technology Add-On Payment (NTAP) program is a system enacted by Congress and implemented in...