Medicare Will Require 'Breakthrough' Medical Devices To Prove Their Worth

Medicare Will Require 'Breakthrough' Medical Devices To Prove Their Worth Medicare has announced its intention to remove a pathway that had allowed devices the FDA designated as "breakthrough" to qualify for supplemental payments without proving their novelty or substantial clinical improvement over alternatives, Stat reported. In other news: The Trump administration is planning an overhaul of Head Start, which was established in the 1960s to help fight poverty, AP said. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/administration-news1-080426/