Company: MDXG
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001376339-25-000009
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Company: MIMEDX GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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”), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). Medicare Administrative Contractors (“MACs”) are private insurance companies that serve as agents of CMS in the administration of the Medicare program and are responsible for making coverage decisions and paying claims for the designated Medicare jurisdiction. There are seven Part A/B MACs in the U.S., which cover 12 unique geographical jurisdictions. Each MAC also has its own standards and process for determining coverage and reimbursement for a procedure or product. Private payers often follow the lead of governmental payers in making coverage and reimbursement determinations. Therefore, achieving favorable Medicare coverage and reimbursement is usually a significant gating factor for successful adoption of a new product or clinical application by private payers.

The coverage and reimbursement framework for products under Medicare is determined in accordance with the Social Security Act and pursuant to regulations promulgated by CMS, as well as the agency’s coverage and reimbursement guidance. In some cases, CMS does not specify coverage, leaving each of the MACs to determine whether and on what conditions they will provide coverage for the product. Such decisions are based on each MAC’s assessments of the science and efficacy of the applicable product. As noted below under the heading “Research and Development,” we have devoted significant resources to clinical studies to provide data to the MACs, as well as other payers, in order to demonstrate the clinical efficacy and economic effectiveness of our tissue technologies. 

For Medicare reimbursement purposes, our EPIFIX, EPICORD and EPIEFFECT allografts are classified as “skin substitutes.” Current reimbursement methodology varies between the hospital outpatient department (“HOPD”) and ASC setting versus the physician office. Currently, within the HOPD and ASC places of service, skin substitutes are reimbursed under a “packaged” or “bundled” methodology that provides a single payment for both the application of the product as well as the product itself. CMS classifies skin substitutes into low cost or high cost groups. Our EPIFIX, EPICORD and EPIEFFECT products are all reimbursed under the high cost bundle in these settings. The national HOPD average packaged (“bundled”) rate for our EPIFIX and EPICORD allograft products was $1,715 in 2021, $1,749.26 in 2022, $1,725 in 2023, and $1,738 in 2024. The national HOPD average packaged (“bundled”) rate for our EPIFIX,