The story of the transcatheter aortic valve implant is well underway thanks to the fact that the Sapien valve, made by Edwards Lifesciences, is on the market, but there is more to this story. Following are three aspects of the…
Category Archives: Medicare
Unhappiness of physicians is reflected in some startling numbers in career-recommendation survey
March 19, 2012 – 1:33 PM
As I read through one particular healthcare-related news item recently, the lyrics to the old “If you’re happy and you know it” song just plain took over my subconscious thinking.
Administration’s proposed cuts in U.S. spending on prevention/wellness programs are beyond puzzling
March 5, 2012 – 5:12 PM
By JIM STOMMEN Medical Device Daily Contributing Writer The recent decision by the Obama administration to propose big-time funding cuts for medical prevention and wellness programs is, like many of the decisions that come out of Washington, puzzling to say…
Medicare’s decision to cover weight-reduction efforts is a good move, but details still matter
January 3, 2012 – 11:49 AM
By JIM STOMMEN Medical Device Daily Contributing Writer
Buck for the bang: Premium med-tech pricing
October 31, 2011 – 6:58 AM
By Adi Renbaum, senior VP for health policy and reimbursement, Neocure Group
A whole new world
October 28, 2011 – 9:44 AM
Five years ago this month my byline began appearing on the pages of Medical Device Daily. When I first joined the MDD staff in October 2006 I knew very little about this industry. It was like moving to a new…
Parallel review: Still not a big deal?
October 11, 2011 – 7:14 AM
Well, FDA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are at it again with parallel review, but this time they’ve tacitly acknowledged what everyone knew all along; that it would never be willingly adopted by more than a…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Third-party coverage requests
September 30, 2011 – 8:29 AM
As a member of the trade press, I get a kick out of how routinely some people in the mainstream media and the population at large routinely assume that device makers are driven by greed and that doctors are morally…
