Lack of medical device-specific information in patient claims forms impedes the government’s ability to track Medicare costs related to the replacement of defective or recalled devices, according to a ...
WASHINGTON, June 18-- The office of Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts sent a letter to Food and ...
The Obama Administration’s Office of Management and Budget has approved and released a long-awaited proposed rule on a unique device identification system for medical devices. The document was ...
The OIG reported in October 2016 that Medicare paid $1.5 billion to treat patients implanted with seven faulty cardiac devices. "Our preliminary results show that there is a significant impediment to ...
Starting in September, class II medical devices will be required to be equipped with a unique device identifier to be in compliance with UDI regulations. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration passed ...
The senators' letter expresses concern about CMS's conflicting statements and urges CMS to support the inclusion of device identifier information on the Medicare claim form in order to better track ...
A group of health systems, medical associations and healthcare companies penned a Nov. 15 letter asking CMS Administrator Seema Verma to add device identifiers to Medicare claims forms. The 11 ...
A week after federal legislators and hospitals pressed the Office of Management and Budget about the release of a final unique device identification rule, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
The 21st Century Cures Act, which passed in the House of Representatives July 9, includes a non-binding amendment in favor of including unique medical device identifiers in electronic health records.
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