level to 65 percent.

These changes represent significant wins for coverage and payment of innovative medical devices and are the latest in a series of payment policy victories that are the result of our multi-year advocacy efforts.

Key highlights of the final rule include the following:

  • Alternative NTAP Pathway for Breakthrough Devices and QIDPs
  • Change to the Calculation of the NTAP Payment Amount
  • Clarifications to the Substantial Clinical Improvement Criterion
  • New Technology Add-On Payments (NTAPs) Applications
  • Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnoses as Complications and Comorbidities
  • Payment Rate Update

Read the Press Release/Fact Sheet.

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