CMS: Medicare Program: Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device Coverage Pathway

Federal Register

Aug 10, 2026

Pre-publication notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting comments on the process used to accelerate Medicare coverage through the Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device (RAPID) coverage pathway for new technologies. The RAPID coverage pathway will provide accelerated Medicare beneficiary access to certain eligible Class II and Class III Food and Drug Administration Breakthrough-designated Devices. Comments are due within 60 days of the publication of this notice, which is scheduled for August 11, 2026.

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