The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has pulled off the gloves when it comes to spending on skin substitutes in the draft Medicare physician fee schedule for 2026, proposing a payment methodology that would slash spending by 90%. However, the doc fee draft also proposes to simplify the process by which telehealth coverage is provided for a physician service, a move that may significantly expand the types of services that can be handled without an in-office visit.

Lunit Inc. reported a new collaboration with Microsoft Corp. July 2 to jointly develop medical AI programs accessible on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.

The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulator Agency dropped a guidance for digital mental health technologies that clarifies several key points, such as when the DMHT qualifies as software as a medical device.