Cures Draft Seeks to Accelerate Medicare Coverage of New Devices

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Cures Draft Seeks to Accelerate Medicare Coverage of New Devices  By Kerry Young House Republicans have shown an interest in overhauling Medicare's policies so that makers of health devices can get paid more easily and earlier in the development process than they now do. Full story Tallying the Cost of Physician Payment Fixes  By Paul Jenks Congress has one time-sensitive health care agenda item prior to April 1, the adjustment of Medicare physician payment rate. A long-dismissed payment formula has been continuously calculating cuts in physician payments and Congress has been halting the payment cuts every year for over a decade. This year's payment relief is due by April 1. Full story Medicare Mulls Expanded Coverage of HIV Tests