AdvaMed® Response to Senate HELP Committee Regarding Reauthorization of Pandemic All-Hazards Preparedness Act

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the MedTech Association, released the following statement from President and CEO Scott Whitaker on the Administration’s announcement of its investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act into whether the U.S.’s current level of medtech imports has national security implications:

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the medtech association, today thanked the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee for highlighting the need for Medicare coverage of FDA-authorized breakthrough medtech and releasing a discussion draft of breakthrough coverage legislation at a hearing, “Examining Policies to Enhance Seniors’ Access to Breakthrough Medical Technologies.” 

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the medtech association, today welcomed U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means passage of legislation providing Medicare coverage of FDA-designated and authorized breakthrough medtech. AdvaMed also urged legislators to add diagnostic tests to the measure, the Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act, H.R. 5343. 

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the medtech association, welcomed today’s CMS’ announcement of the details of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. This program gives states the chance to access the latest health care technologies that best suit their needs to improve health outcomes for rural Americans.

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the medtech association, today welcomed the introduction in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate of the bipartisan Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act by Reps. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.)

Bobby Patrick, AdvaMed’s SVP of Government & State Affairs and Alliance Development, on why #MTC25 is the can’t-miss moment to see the power of coalitions in action — where patients, policymakers, and innovators come together to share stories, shape policy, and spark alliances that last well beyond San Diego.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—AdvaMed, the medtech association, today announced a town hall featuring FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Director Michelle Tarver and fellow CDRH senior leaders at The MedTech Conference hosted by AdvaMed in San Diego in October. The town hall participants will update the audience on the center’s strategic direction and priorities and take questions.

Zach Rothstein, Executive Director of AdvaMedDx, on why this year’s diagnostics programming comes at an inflection point for IVD leaders — with regulatory modernization, reimbursement reform, and breakthrough technologies creating unprecedented opportunities to shape the future of health care.