Medicare Coverage Analysis Of Alzheimer’s Drugs Begins With Focus On Outcomes, Patient Eligibility
Executive Summary
Proposed reimbursement decision to be released 1 January 2022, with a final decision the following April. Biogen's Aduhelm expected to be covered in the interim. Medicare will not consider the cost of treatment in the analysis, but cost may have been a factor in initiating the process.
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