A clumsy attempt to address the Medicare Part B physician fee problem has nagged at Washington for a decade, but it appears Congress is ready to put a doc fix in play. Whether it’ll happen depends on politics and, as…
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Election 2012: What it means for device makers
November 9, 2012 – 9:48 AM
There’s a saying that elections have consequences, an observation that has special meaning for the highly regulated medical device industry. Here are a few things for device makers to bear in mind as 2012 gives way to 2013.
Election 2012: Is Jeff Shuren’s job on the line?
September 4, 2012 – 6:56 AM
Jeff Shuren, MD, has brought a lot of changes to FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, but there are those who think Shuren has not gone far enough while others think he’s gone too far. None of this would…
On This Date in History: Medicare signed into law in 1965
July 30, 2012 – 7:58 PM
At the risk of becoming mired in the past, we are inclined to glance backward now and then to see where we’ve been and ask what the past says about where we’re going. So let’s examine July 30, 1965, the…
Counting to 51: The fate of the device tax and the Affordable Care Act
June 28, 2012 – 9:42 PM
The biggest judicial showdown in quite a while is finally over, and here are a couple of things to consider while we’re playing numerology games in an effort to interpret the scribblings of nine citizens in black robes we all…
Congress enjoys a rare moment of harmony with passage of FDA user fee act
June 7, 2012 – 2:48 PM
With all the acrimony between Democrats and Republicans in Congress these days, it was truly edifying to see lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agreeing on a piece of legislation – and in the healthcare sector no less –…
