Tag Archives: CMS
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…
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…
Berwick nomination stymied by poisonous partisan politics
April 14, 2011 – 12:56 PM
By most objective accounts, Donald Berwick is doing a pretty decent job as chief administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, giving CMS a much-needed shot in the arm and kick in the . . . well, you…
Alas, poor Berwick! His nomination bid appears headed for an early grave
March 10, 2011 – 1:57 PM
The recess appointment of Donald Berwick, MD, to the administrator’s position at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last July roiled many members of Congress, and a recent Senate letter to the Obama administration expressing disfavor for Berwick’s…
