Envoy Medical backs bipartisan Senate bill to classify implanted middle ear devices as prosthetics for Medicare coverage

Envoy Medical, Inc.

Senate bill S.4829 (Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act) introduced July 29 by Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lankford (R-OK).
Bill seeks to clarify that implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics, not hearing aids, removing Medicare hearing aid exclusion.
Envoy's Esteem FI-AMEI is the only FDA-approved fully implanted active middle ear device; company expects increased competition if bill passes.
House companion legislation already introduced; Envoy believes combined efforts raise chances of enactment.
CEO Brent Lucas says bill would expand patient access and spur innovation in the segment.

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