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SEEMA VERMA SPEECH: CMS TO BEGIN AUDITS ON MEDICAID INSURERS

Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, issued a warning to Medicaid plan sponsors on Thursday, warning the agency would begin unscheduled targeted financial audits. The warning came at the 2018 Medicaid Managed Care Summit during a speech Verma…

MEDICAL GROUPS, PATIENT ADVOCATES OPPOSE MEDICARE PLANS TO CONSOLIDATE E/M CODES

More than 150 medical groups sent a letter opposing a government plan to consolidate evaluation and management (E/M) codes, saying it could underpay doctors who treat the sickest patients. In a letter sent to Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare…

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: MEDICAL GROUPS DEMAND HHS STOP STALLING ON INFORMATION BLOCKING

Enough is enough. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) joined 13 other medical associations and healthcare organizations Aug. 9 in telling the federal government it has dragged out the regulation-writing process on an important topic far too long.…

GLOBAL ULTRASOUND DEVICES MARKET ANALYZED THROUGH 2023

A global ultrasound devices market report has added to the Research and Markets offering. According to the “Global Ultrasound Devices Market — Segmented by Application, Technology, Type, and Geography – Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2018-2023)” report, the market is expected to…

MEDICAL GROUPS SEE PROGRESS IN CMS’s EHR APPROACH IN HOSPITAL RULE

Medical groups have applauded steps that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services took to ease administrative burden through a new rule on hospital payments, while still pressing the agency for further changes in its approach to electronic health records.…

TELEFLEX TO ACQUIRE QT VASCULAR ASSETS, TAKES OPTION ON CHOCOLATE HEART DCB

QT Vascular has agreed to sell its non-drug coated coronary products to Teleflex, including its Chocolate XD and Glider, with an option to purchase its Chocolate Heart drug-coated coronary balloon catheter which is currently under development. Singapore-based QT Vascular has not released…

SONAVEX RECEIVES FDA CLEARANCE FOR MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICES

Canton, Ohio-based medical device startup Sonavex. A John Hopkin spinout, received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market implantable devices to be used with ultrasound imaging, CEO David Narrow said. The 510(k) clearance means the Johns Hopkins spinout startup has…

2018 RESEARCH SUMMIT: WORK BEGINS TO ANALYZE DATA IN RAPIDLY EXPANDING ACP PRO VENOUS REGISTRY

By Vanessa Salvia Contributing Editor Anticipation was high for many members of the phlebology community going into an April 21 closed-door research summit held alongside the International Vein Congress in Miami, convened to discuss how to make the most of…

BUREAUCRAT MYSTERY: CMS CANCELS EXCITE RULE TO SPEED MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURING

Just when you thought the government was going to cut through its own red tape to help get medical devices to the market quicker, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decided that it must have lost its…