ARTICLE SUMMARY:
In this week’s roundup: Next Picks look-ahead to upcoming 2022 Medicare proposed rules, and then the EU’s health technology assessment plan progresses, US lawmakers reintroduce the VALID Act for revamping diagnostics regulation, top global imaging lobbyist dies, de novo rule coming, and more.
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What we’re watching for:
Medicare rules. We anticipate several important Medicare proposals out sometime in the next several weeks, most notably the 2022 hospital outpatient/ambulatory surgical center payment system (OPPS/ASC) proposed rule and the physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule. Also in the mix will be the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) proposed rule. These will each be hundreds of pages of detailed annual policy setting for healthcare service payments. Here are a few key issues to look out for from a medtech perspective:
