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WASHINGTON — AdvaMed, the medtech association, the world’s largest trade association representing medtech innovators, today released the following statement on the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) release of its 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule:

Imagine walking just 10 yards from your front door to the mailbox and becoming so winded, you feel like you might faint. Or imagine your heart beating so chaotically that its chambers don’t empty blood properly, creating clots that could lead to a stroke, yet you have zero symptoms and no idea you’re at risk.

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, is pleased to announce Charles Fleischman as the first-ever recipient of the AdvaMedDx Lifetime of Leadership & Service Award. 

As patient advocates, we’ve witnessed countless stories of hope deferred and lives put on hold while Medicare beneficiaries wait several years for access to breakthrough medical technologies that the FDA has already deemed safe and effective. This unacceptable delay between innovation and access must end. Innovation does not benefit patients without coverage.

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the world’s largest trade association representing medtech innovators, today welcomed a letter from U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, and U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-Colo.-01) and Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.-12), co-chairs of the U.S. House Diabetes Caucus, to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz urging the agency not to finalize a proposal the lawmakers warned could reduce and complicate patient access to continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and durable insulin pumps.

AdvaMed® Advancements: Q3 2025 Report. Amid an increasingly charged political environment, AdvaMed remained a steady, persuasive voice for medtech innovation. From mobilizing rapid action on the Section 232 investigation to advancing breakthrough coverage legislation. Learn more

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AdvaMed® Advancements: Q3 2025 Report. Amid an increasingly charged political environment, AdvaMed remained a steady, persuasive voice for medtech innovation. From mobilizing rapid action on the Section 232 investigation to advancing breakthrough coverage legislation. Learn more