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Health officials tell medical technology group to ‘prove it’
“Prove it.” That was the resounding message to medical-device manufacturers during the annual Advanced Medical Technology Association conference in Chicago this week. Innovation is needed to advance medicine and better patients’ quality of life, but gone are the days of sticking higher price tags on products that only provide incremental improvements, the leaders of health insurance companies, health systems, quality improvement and consumer organizations told the industry. “We don’t want to squelch innovation,” said Dr. Scott Josephs, national medical officer for the health insurance provider Cigna Corp. “But tell me what I’m getting for my healthcare costs. Show me that these new technologies are superior,”…Read More
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