Medicare Registry Plan For Alzheimer’s Drugs Pairs CMS Web Portal With Health System Efforts
Executive Summary
Lack of detail on data elements that would be required through the portal has stakeholders wondering if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has really found a way to make the registry requirement less of a threat to access for Alzheimer’s drugs with traditional FDA approval.
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