Are Medical Devices Cost-Effective?
Medical devices can offer important therapeutic advances but, as for any medical interventions, there are questions about their costs and benefits.
Coverage & Payment
Learn more about our Payment & Health Care Delivery Policy work.
AdvaMed®: New Rule Out of CMS Cuts Physician Payments, Will Decrease Patient Access to Care
AdvaMed® released the following statement from President and CEO Scott Whitaker regarding the final Physician Fee Schedule rule released yesterday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS):
In Comments to CMS, AdvaMed® Pushes for Coverage of Breakthrough Innovative Technologies
Today, the Advanced Medical Technology Association® (AdvaMed®) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its proposal to repeal the Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT)…
Bluegrass Vascular Announces Decision by Medicare to Assign a New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) for the Surfacer® System Procedure
Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
Rhaeos, Inc. Awarded $4 Million NIH SBIR Grant to Expand Quantitative Measurement Capabilities of its FlowSense™ Noninvasive Wireless Sensor
Rhaeos, Inc., a private medical device company focused on the care of patients with hydrocephalus, announced today it was awarded a $4 million, multi-year grant from the National Institutes of…
Vibrato Medical Closes $4M Series A Funding Round and Receives $1.5M NIH Grant
Vibrato Medical, an innovator in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), announced today that it has closed a $4M Series A funding round led by the Horowitz Group, a…
Medtech POV Podcast | Top Medtech Venture Investor Says MCIT Rule Would Be “Transformative” for Seniors, Patient Care
In the most recent episode of the Medtech POV Podcast, a top medtech venture capital investor argued that if a medical device has received FDA approval as safe and effective…
AdvaMed® Statement on Administration’s Opposition to Expanding Medicare Patient Access to Breakthrough Medicare Technologies
AdvaMed®, the leading global trade association for medical technology manufacturers, released the following statement from President and CEO Scott Whitaker on the Administration’s proposal to fully repeal the Medicare Coverage…
Top Medtech Venture Investor Justin Klein Discusses the Importance of MCIT Rule & Delivering Innovative Technologies to Patients
Justin Klein recently joined AdvaMed® CEO Scott Whitaker for an episode of Medtech POV to talk about his expansive career in medtech and some of today’s most pressing issues across…
New Data Finds Medtech Industry Thrives in The Bay State
New data released by the Advanced Medical Technology Association® (AdvaMed®) found that the medical technology (medtech) industry is a critically important employer in Massachusetts and contributes millions of dollars to state revenues…