Perspectives on Medical Reimbursement By JR Associates Among our consultants, the MDMA Coverage, Reimbursement and Health Policy Conference is more than just another event on the business calendar. For us, it is an important professional tradition that began 21 years ago. That’s when our President, Judy Rosenbloom, and VP of Global Health Policy, Jo Ellen…
Perspectives on Medical Reimbursement By JR Associates Through the years, our consultants have become popular as featured speakers at a variety of prestigious medical technology forums. But the highlight of our annual events calendar is always the MDMA Coverage, Reimbursement & Health Policy Conference. It is deeply rewarding to connect directly with medical device professionals and discuss critical…
Perspectives on Medical Reimbursement By JR Associates When making decisions about medical device coverage, do private insurers take their cues from Medicare (CMS)? Not necessarily, according to a recent study published in the peer-review journal, Health Affairs. According to the research abstract, an analysis of CMS national coverage decisions (NCDs) revealed that: ~50% were equivalent to corresponding private payer policies ~25% were…
Perspectives on Medical Reimbursement By JR Associates When medical technology companies develop reimbursement strategies for the U.S. market, it’s a smart business move to look beyond this country’s borders. That’s the advice JR Associates VP of Global Health Policy, Jo Ellen Slurzberg shared in a recent interview with Medical Device Daily. Jo Ellen acknowledged that planning…
Perspectives on Medicare Policies By JR Associates SUBJECT: Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule: Proposed Changes for the Process for Covering Items and Services in an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 78 Fed. Reg. 43282, 43342-47, 43523-25 (July 19, 2013) OVERVIEW: JR Associates is concerned about CMS’ proposed changes to…
Perspectives on Medical Reimbursement By JR Associates Reprinted from The Society of Critical Care Medicine Contributing Authors: Kim Norton* Managing Partner, Argenta Advisors Seattle, Washington, USA Judy Rosenbloom** President, JR Associates Reseda, California, USA George A. Sample, MD*** Washington Hospital Center Washington, D.C. In 2005, the American Heart Association published guidelines (Class IIa and IIb)…
