The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published a draft guidance for the new framework for coverage with evidence development, or CED, a very interesting framework indeed. Following is a list of some fascinating tidbits from the draft guidance.
The story of the transcatheter aortic valve implant is well underway thanks to the fact that the Sapien valve, made by Edwards Lifesciences, is on the market, but there is more to this story. Following are three aspects of the…
By Adi Renbaum, senior VP for health policy and reimbursement, Neocure Group
Five years ago this month my byline began appearing on the pages of Medical Device Daily. When I first joined the MDD staff in October 2006 I knew very little about this industry. It was like moving to a new…
Well, FDA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are at it again with parallel review, but this time they’ve tacitly acknowledged what everyone knew all along; that it would never be willingly adopted by more than a…
Healthcare reform has as a million audiences, and it’s interesting to see what some of them are reading about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Let’s look at an opinion piece appearing recently in the New England Journal…
By most objective accounts, Donald Berwick is doing a pretty decent job as chief administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, giving CMS a much-needed shot in the arm and kick in the . . . well, you…
