In brief
Several Regions and Autonomous Provinces published the measures requiring medical device companies to pay, within 30 days, payback amounts aimed at covering the overrun of the expenditure ceiling for the purchase of medical devices for the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Key takeaways
In light of the various judicial appeals pending before the Administrative Court of the Lazio Region on the matter of payback for medical devices, the Health Department of the Sardinia Region, with Resolution of 12 December 2022 resolved to suspend, until the ruling of the Regional Administrative Court, the effectiveness of the previous Resolution of 28 November 2022 identifying payback amounts for the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. This suspension applies to all medical device companies identified in Annex A to the above-mentioned Resolution.
More in general, the matter of payback for medical devices will be discussed by the Italian Parliament, following the amendment proposed in the context of the approval of the Budget Law for 2023, which aims to suspend the payback for small and medium enterprises.
