Patient registry could be a barrier to coverage of new treatments, critics say.
Medicare on Thursday announced plans for coverage of new Alzheimer’s drugs whose accessibility has become a point of controversy.
For drugs that are granted traditional Food and Drug Administration approval, Medicare will provide coverage for beneficiaries with an appropriate diagnosis and a qualified doctor participating in collection of real-world evidence on how the drugs are working — a system known as a registry, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said.
About 6.7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, which was the fifth leading cause of death among people 65 and older in 2019, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
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