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Reimbursement summary for angioplasty of arteries of lower extremities

This post presents an extract from our reimbursement analysis for angioplasty of arteries lower extremities using plain and drug-coated balloons (DCBs) for peripheral artery disease in England, France and Germany. Plain balloon angioplasty is reimbursement via DRG solely and DCBs are reimbursement via combination of DRG and add-on reimbursement.
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Med Tech Europe has released a position paper on EU cooperation on health technology assessment

A paper comes in response to the European Commission's impact assessment on ways to strengthen the use of and cooperation on Health Technology Assessments (HTAs) at European level.

Med Tech Europe proposes five key principles for such a cooperation:

  • The demand for assessments should come from national and regional decision-makers
  • Member States that share a common unmet need should collaborate on a voluntary, non-legislative basis
  • Avoid compromising the existing well-functioning, distinct market access model for medical technologies, which delivers timely access to innovation
  • Focus on those medical technologies that are truly transformative
  • Identify the optimal point in time for performing HTAs in order to capture the full value of the technology

Read a position paper here.