Financial Conflicts of Interest in Public Comments on Medicare National Coverage Determinations of Medical Devices

Angela Lu; Robin Z Ji; Alex Y Ge; Joseph S Ross; Reshma Ramachandran; Rita F Redberg; Sanket S Dhruva

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.14414

Financial Conflicts of Interest in Public Comments on Medicare National Coverage Determinations of Medical Devices

JAMA. 2023 Sep 19;330(11):1094-1096. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.14414.

Authors

Angela Lu¹, Robin Z Ji², Alex Y Ge¹, Joseph S Ross³, Reshma Ramachandran³, Rita F Redberg², Sanket S Dhruva²

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study reviewed public comments for all Medicare National Coverage Determinations between June 2019 and 2022 on select pulmonary and cardiac devices to determine whether financial conflicts of interest were disclosed.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aged
Conflict of Interest* / economics
Equipment and Supplies* / economics
Humans
Insurance Coverage* / economics
Insurance Coverage* / ethics
Medicare* / economics
Medicare* / ethics
United States

Grants and funding

UL1 TR001863/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States