Aroa’s Symphony may hit the right note in RFK Jnr's Medicare overhaul

Aroa chief executive Brian Ward says the company is encouraged by planned changes to Medicare billing for skin substitutes. (Image: NZME/Getty/Jacques Steenkamp/Supplied)

Rebecca Stevenson

Thu, 11 Sep 2025

Auckland-based med tech firm Aroa could be the winner from proposed changes to how the United States' Medicare pays for outpatient wound care, a new report says. Aroa, which is listed on the ASX, utilises sheep stomachs to produce wound repair products that aid in healing chronic wounds, hernias, soft tissue injuries, and for breast reconstruction. A new report by Wilsons Advisory said Aroa Biosurgery was best placed to gain from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) draft proposal to pay a flat rate for...

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