Louis Jacques On Coverage, Evidence And IDEs
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Former CMS coverage director Louis Jacques talks about the strong future ahead he envisions for the Medicare coverage-with-evidence-development program and new coverage policies that will be implemented for investigational device exemption trials.
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