MedTech Dive September 18, 2025
AdvaMed welcomed the committee’s work on the legislation but called for the inclusion of diagnostics in the bill.
Dive Brief:
- A House of Representatives committee has advanced a bill that would give eligible breakthrough devices four years of Medicare coverage.
- The House Ways and Means Committee debated the bill Wednesday, revealing concerns about the risk of fraud, the type of evidence required and the weakening of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ authority.
- Despite the concerns, the bill received bipartisan support and was passed in a 38 to 3 vote. Two medtech trade groups welcomed progress on a topic that they have lobbied about for years.
Dive Insight:
The CMS rescinded a program for granting Medicare coverage...
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