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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Washington, D.C.—Today, AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, announced that Mike Mussallem, former chairman and CEO of Edwards Lifesciences, will receive the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award at the medtech industry’s premier annual…
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…
Washington, D.C.—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, asked the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts to rule as a matter of law that independent sales agent (ISA) arrangements do not…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—AdvaMed, the world’s largest trade association representing medtech innovators, today urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to fix “serious flaws” in its proposed rule to restart…