Faster Medicare Access to Innovative Medical Devices for Seniors.
This law aims to speed up access for Medicare beneficiaries to the newest, breakthrough medical devices. It allows for conditional payment coverage for these technologies before they receive final FDA approval. This ensures that innovative treatments are available to patients without unnecessary delay, improving the quality of their healthcare.
Key points
Medicare recipients will gain faster access to new, advanced medical devices (e.g., innovative implants, diagnostics).
Medicare can conditionally approve payment for "breakthrough devices" (those on the FDA's expedited path), reducing the waiting time for their introduction in hospitals.
The changes apply to devices approved on or after July 1, 2023, and must be implemented without increasing the overall program budget.
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