# device coverage (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover device coverage. Page: Feed: --- ## [Too Much News, Not Enough Wednesdays](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/too-much-news-not-enough-wednesdays) _2026-08-19 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ I don’t know what the schedule is for everyone else reading The Device Files, but in the southern United States kids are back in school! ## [Burn the Haystack: Understanding the Investor Mindset, Part Three](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/burn-the-haystack-understanding-the-79f) _2026-08-12 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ The Real Secret to Attracting an Investor ## [Burn the Haystack: Understanding the Investor Mindset, Part Two](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/burn-the-haystack-understanding-the-22a) _2026-08-05 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ The Ick Factor ## [Burn the Haystack: Understanding the Investor Mindset](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/burn-the-haystack-understanding-the) _2026-07-29 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ Part 1: Why Investors Think the Way They Do, and Why That’s Rational ## [Is Remote Monitoring About to Face a Reckoning? Reviewing the New CMS Rule Change Proposal](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/is-remote-monitoring-about-to-face) _2026-07-22 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ Last week The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published their Calendar Year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, a 1,592-page document.1 In those proposed new rules were some pretty interesting suggestions around Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). ## [The Return of Carnac the Magnificent](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/the-return-of-carnac-the-magnificent) _2026-07-15 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ It looks like I have to don the turban again. ## [The Big MedTech Players Are Coming for Wearables](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/the-big-medtech-players-are-coming) _2026-07-08 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ OK, slightly behind on news here with the “year end” wrap-ups, but there was an interesting press release on June 4th. ## [One Year of The Device Files: WHOOP, Oura, AI, FDA, CMS, and the First Ever Device Files Awards!](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/one-year-since-the-device-files-launched) _2026-07-01 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ Your chance to Vote (and Nominate) for the 2026 Device Files Reader Awards! Plus a year-end wrap up, what the future will bring, and our quarterly overview. ## [Final Episode of Commercialization Confidential: Best Practices for Hospital Commercialization with Jess Richter](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/final-episode-of-commercialization) _2026-06-24 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ If you’ve been reading The Device Files for a while, you know the usual format. ## [Everyone Thinks They’re Doing It Right](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/everyone-thinks-theyre-doing-it-right) _2026-06-17 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ OR "The Farmer and the Cowman Should be Friends" ## [Agent-ready directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/njd1dWQg01Zf) _2026-06-17 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; get machine-readable blog pages and JSON ## [A Comedian, a Cult Movie, and a Question About the Future of Medicine](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/a-comedian-a-cult-movie-and-a-question) _2026-06-10 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ The Doctor Is the Safety Check. About That. ## [Two "Whoop Killers" in Two Weeks? Don't Trust the Headlines.](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/two-whoop-killers-in-two-weeks-dont) _2026-06-03 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ The Fitbit Air launched on May 7, 2026. ## [The Company That Cracked Wearable Blood Pressure - And Made It Free](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/the-company-that-cracked-wearable) _2026-05-27 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ Commercialization Confidential Episode 5: Gaurave Kohli, CEO of VitalFriend ## [Has CMS Finally Cracked the Breakthrough Device Coverage Code?](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/has-cms-finally-cracked-the-breakthrough) _2026-05-20 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ RAPID, TCET, NTAP: CMS’s Latest Coverage Shuffle Explained ## [Whatever Happened to TCET, CMS’s Breakthrough Device Coverage Pathway?](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/whatever-happened-to-tcet-cmss-breakthrough) _2026-05-13 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ This is part two of a three-part series on what the breakthrough device coverage problem looks like from inside CMS, in conversation with Dr. ## [Is CMS Killing Breakthrough MedTech? A View from the Other Side](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/is-cms-killing-breakthrough-medtech) _2026-05-06 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ This article is part one of a three-part interview series with Dr. Lee Fleisher, former Chief Medical Officer of CMS, on what the breakthrough device coverage problem looks like from CMS's point of view. ## [Jamie Grooms on the Week Axogen Almost Went Under - and the Commercialization Lessons That Came Out of It](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/jamie-grooms-on-the-week-axogen-almost) _2026-04-29 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ A Quick note before we start: I have to say a MAJOR Thank You to Jamie Grooms for this podcast for two reasons: ## [How to Lose Your Best Sales Reps Without Even Trying: Lessons from the Boston Scientific Pacemaker Recall](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/how-to-lose-your-best-sales-reps) _2026-04-22 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ Do you ever absentmindedly decide to check on your stock portfolio and then instantly wish you didn’t? ## [Crisis Communication Playbook](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/crisis-communication-playbook) _2026-04-22 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ Managing Your Team Through Recalls, Restructuring, and Financial Crises ## [The New CMS ACCESS Program is Extending its Application Deadline through May 15. Should You Apply? WHOOP Just Did.](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/the-new-cms-access-program-is-extending) _2026-04-16 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ Last week I joined the first ever MedTech Innovator Radar Forum in Manhattan Beach, a really great event that showcased approximately 150 MedTech companies through seven rounds of pitch events, plus additional content and networking. ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HNfUaRK9ZMSI) _2026-04-16 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [A Proclamation on the Future of Wearables: The Real Reasons Abbott and Mayo Invested in WHOOP](https://blythekarow.substack.com/p/a-proclamation-on-the-future-of-wearables) _2026-04-08 · Blythe Karow · The Device Files: From Concept to Commercialization_ I feel somewhat obliged at this point to cover WHOOP and Oura events – let me know if you, my dear readers, have grown weary of the topic!