Device Week, 8 November 2019 – Medicare Rules!

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English - November 08, 2019 16:08 - 10 minutes - 19 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
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Device Week, 8 November 2019 – Medicare Rules!
Some exciting changes to US Medicare payment rules will take effect in January for device-related procedures performed in different hospital settings. On this week’s podcast, executive editor Shawn M. Schmitt chats with senior reporter Sue Darcey, who covered these changes for Medtech Insight – as well news out of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that it designated several new medical technologies for passthrough payments and will offer new home-use infusion therapy benefits.
Medtech Insight articles addressing topics discussed in this episode:
• Final 2020 CMS Outpatient, ASC Payment Rules Broaden Patient Access To Medtech (https://medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/MT125873/Final-2020-CMS-Outpatient-ASC-Payment-Rules-Broaden-Patient-Access-To-Medtech)
• CMS Releases Final 2020 Home-Health Rule On Payments For Home Infusion-Therapy Equipment (https://medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/MT125866/CMS-Releases-Final-2020-HomeHealth-Rule-On-Payments-For-Home-InfusionTherapy-Equipment)