What began as a daring scuba adventure in the Maldives ended in horror this week after five Italian tourists never resurfaced from a deep-water cave expedition. Officials are scrambling to determine ...
What is RAPID?: A new FDA-CMS program to align review processes and speed Medicare coverage for breakthrough devices to within 60–90 days of FDA authorization. Why it matters: Faster coverage could ...
Eskandanian is a senior research scientist at MedStar Health Research Institute, program director of the BARDA-funded SPARK for Innovations in Pediatrics, and founding principal investigator of the ...
On April 23, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) jointly announced the Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device (RAPID) ...
On April 23, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jointly announced the Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has introduced a new coverage pathway for Medicare beneficiaries to get expedited coverage for breakthrough medical devices. On Thursday, CMS and the Food ...
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators announced a new program to speed up Medicare coverage for certain medical devices on Thursday, saying it would cut reimbursement timelines to as ...
The Trump administration unveiled a new program to speed up Medicare coverage for breakthrough devices, touting that the new pathway cuts red tape for medical device companies to gain reimbursement.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have proposed a parallel review program to expedite certain Class II and Class III breakthrough ...