Category Archives: Reimbursement
The implications and future of TAVR
June 24, 2012 – 6:11 PM
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…
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.
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…
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…
What docs are hearing about healthcare reform’s finances
September 27, 2011 – 10:32 AM
Healthcare reform has as a million audiences, and it’s interesting to see what some of them are reading about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Let’s look at an opinion piece appearing recently in the New England Journal…
Doc fix awaiting another patch
May 31, 2011 – 11:02 PM
Now that the U.S. House of Representatives has voted down a higher debt ceiling for the U.S. government, Congress can go back the drawing board on deciding how many Medicare spending cuts the voters and stakeholders can stomach, but as…
Forget the naysayers: interventional cardiology’s outlook is great
May 5, 2011 – 2:17 PM
Top 10 reasons interventional cardiologists should be happy
