Medtech Issues in the 2012 Election Year
Affordable Care Act Is Good for Business, Says California Council
May 22, 2012
A study published yesterday by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute in San Francisco, CA, concludes that the Affordable Care Act will be a boon for...
The People Have Spoken: FDA's OK, Medtech Innovation is a Priority
May 21, 2012
As the nation awaits the Supreme Court's ruling on the fate of President Obama's healthcare reform law—on which everyone seems to have an opinion—...
House Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Downsides of Healthcare Consolidation
May 18, 2012
In testimony given today before the House Subcommittee on Intellectual property, Competition, and the Internet, a representative for a conservative think tank...
GPO Urges IRS to Make Sure that Device Makers Don't Pass on Cost of Device Tax to Customers
May 11, 2012
Medical device companies have already made clear in industry surveys that price hikes will be one strategy they plan to use to deal with the impending medical...
CMS’s Unprecedented TAVR Decision
May 09, 2012
Gottlieb, who is a practicing physician who has also served as a senior policy adviser at CMS, is surprised that the watershed decision hasn’t received a...
Key Stakeholders: The Medical Device Tax Should Be Implemented Responsibly
May 09, 2012
AdvaMed and a collection of healthcare groups have submitted separate comments to IRS regarding the implementation of the medical device tax, which is slated...
Industry + Analysts React To Medicare Payment Cuts to Clinical Tests
May 04, 2012
Earlier this year, President Obama signed into law the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, which extended unemployment benefits for jobless workers,...
Gingrich Announces the End of His Presidency Bid
May 02, 2012
Newt Gingrich has had a rough few months. The always-an-underdog candidate failed to win any key primaries, other than South Carolina and home state Georgia....
Informed Consumers Feel Ripped Off by User Fee Deal
May 01, 2012
And this sense of disillusionment pervaded strongly in a springtime FDA public hearing on the FDA–medical device industry agreement about the next five...
Congress Gets Along on User Fee Reauthorization
Apr 26, 2012
Related Content: Massachusetts Congressman Calls for 510(k) Reform Provisions in User Fee Act Congress is being praised for its bipartisan...