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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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Representative of French Ministry of Health has commented on the article describing challenges of innovating funding program (“Forfait Innovation”)

Cédric Carbonneil from the Ministry of Health published a letter in Value in Health in response to the article "New French Coverage with Evidence Development for Innovative Medical Devices: Improvements and Unresolved Issues" published in January 2016. Dr Carbonneil offers an interesting insights into background, rationale and direction of development of this important coverage with evidence development program for medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics and medical procedures in France.

Read original article "New French Coverage with Evidence Development for Innovative Medical Devices: Improvements and Unresolved Issues" here

Read response from Cédric Carbonneil here.  

Read more about Innovation Funding scheme at the web-site of National Authority for Health (HAS) in French here.

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