CMS says private Medicare plans can’t automatically deny Biogen’s ALS drug
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In a rare move, the U.S. agency behind Medicare is warning Medicare Advantage providers they can’t have blanket policies that deny coverage of Qalsody because it’s “experimental and investigational.”