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Medicare Will Require Breakthrough Devices to Prove Substantial Clinical Improvement for Extra Hospital Payments

CMS has closed the fast track that let breakthrough devices skip the clinical improvement test for extra Medicare hospital payments.

Medical Daily · Aug 5

FDA moves to rehire medical device staffers fired only days earlier

The Food and Drug Administration is reinstating some of the hundreds of staffers it fired last week

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025

Legislative themes emerge on upcoming pandemic reauthorization

WASHINGTON — The broad outlines of an upcoming debate over a pandemic preparedness reauthorization bill are beginning to emerge as regulators, policymakers and industry groups take stock of lessons learned from COVID-19.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023