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How Policy is Driving Digital Health in Germany
Several recent national-level policy changes highlight an accelerating digital transformation of healthcare in Germany, building on the Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) of 2020.
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CMS Proposes Changes to Part B Medicare Reimbursement for Physician-Administered Drugs Approved Under the 505(b)(2) Approval Pathway
Gary Keeler: Mar 24, 2025 10:23:29 PM
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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Veranex Partners with Alcon to Conduct Real-World Study Highlighting Efficiencies of Optical Biometer in Cataract Surgery
Gary Keeler: Mar 24, 2025 10:23:29 PM
Alcon, a global leader in eye care, collaborated with Veranex (formerly Boston Healthcare Associates) to conduct a Time-and-Motion Study to support...
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Analysis of China’s First National Tender on Coronary Stents
Gary Keeler: Mar 24, 2025 10:23:29 PM
In previous newsletters (Aggressive National Programs To Drive Down Drug Costs, published in January 2019 and Medical Disposables & Consumables...
Webinar: Drug Delivery — Evaluating Off The Shelf and Novel Drug Delivery Solutions
Gary Keeler: Mar 24, 2025 10:23:29 PM
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Is China a 300 Million or 1.4 Billion Healthcare Population Market?
Gary Keeler: Mar 24, 2025 10:23:29 PM
A reflection on the 2019 capability development progress report of the county hospitals in China The Veranex (formerly Boston Healthcare Associates)...
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Medicare Clarifies Confusion Over Tests Covered by the NGS NCD
Gary Keeler: Mar 24, 2025 10:23:13 PM
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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DTx Part I: Identifying Optimal Payment Models for Digital Therapeutics
Gary Keeler: Mar 24, 2025 10:23:12 PM
According to the Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA), digital therapeutics (DTx) are products that deliver “software-generated therapeutic...
Webinar: Leveraging FDA Clearance/Approval for Successful EU MDR Submissions
Gary Keeler: Mar 24, 2025 10:23:11 PM
The transition phase to MDR (Regulation (EU) 2017/745) has been underway since mid-2020 and has introduced new requirements for medical devices....
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Germany Paves the Way for Reimbursement of Digital Health Care Apps
Gary Keeler: Mar 24, 2025 10:23:11 PM
In Germany, doctors could potentially be prescribing health apps as medicines as early as 2020. This is one of the main objectives of the draft bill...