The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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Trade Groups Urges New Reimbursement Fee Evaluation for SaMD
Medical device trade associations on August 25 called for discussing the creation of a new reimbursement fee rule to appropriately evaluate innovation associated with software as a medical device (SaMD). Industry organizations including the Japan Federation of Medical Devices Associations…
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