MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Hospital groups and purchasing associations took another swing at medical device companies last week, saying the medtech industry is in the healthcare arena in terms of its alleged efforts to dodge the cost of healthcare reform under the Affordable Care Act.
Healthcare Supply Chain Assn.
D+Vice Talk – February 28, 2013
Welcome to the latest edition of the MassDevice.com’s D+Vice Talk, our new webcast, in which we review medical device stories from the last week.
In this episode we welcome Emergo Group global marketing vice president Chris Schorre to tell us about Emergo’s 2013 industry survey. We also discuss the escalating battle between device makers and GPOs, sequester cuts looming over the FDA, legal developments in transvaginal mesh implant lawsuits and a glance into the best medical device companies to work for.
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GPOs cry foul when device makers shift tax burden
More medical device purchasing groups are protesting what they see as some small medical device makers’ attempt to directly shift the burden of a new tax onto healthcare providers.
The Healthcare Supply Chain Assn. last week issued a sternly worded press release chiding some medical device makers for "shifting the burden of the medical device excise tax directly to American hospitals and other healthcare providers."
Manufacturers who attempt to pass the buck could face a boycott of sorts, the group warned.