• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe

MassDevice

The Medical Device Business Journal — Medical Device News & Articles | MassDevice

  • Latest News
  • Technologies
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    • Cardiovascular
    • Orthopedics
    • Neurological
    • Diabetes
    • Surgical Robotics
  • Business & Finance
    • Wall Street Beat
    • Earnings Reports
    • Funding Roundup
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Initial Public Offering (IPO)
    • Legal News
    • Personnel Moves
    • Medtech 100 Stock Index
  • Regulatory & Compliance
    • Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
    • Recalls
    • 510(k)
    • Pre-Market Approval (PMA)
    • MDSAP
    • Clinical Trials
  • Special Content
    • Special Reports
    • In-Depth Coverage
    • DeviceTalks
  • Podcasts
    • MassDevice Fast Five
    • DeviceTalks Weekly
    • OEM Talks
      • AbbottTalks
      • Boston ScientificTalks
      • DeviceTalks AI
      • IntuitiveTalks
      • MedtechWOMEN Talks
      • MedtronicTalks
      • Neuro Innovation Talks
      • Ortho Innovation Talks
      • Structural Heart Talks
      • StrykerTalks
  • Resources
    • About MassDevice
    • DeviceTalks
    • Newsletter Signup
    • Leadership in Medtech
    • Manufacturers & Suppliers Search
    • MedTech100 Index
    • Videos
    • Webinars
    • Whitepapers
    • Voices
Home » MassDevice On Call: Senate delays Medicare rate cut

MassDevice On Call: Senate delays Medicare rate cut

November 19, 2010 By MassDevice

MassDevice On Call

Senate delays Medicare rate cut. The U.S. Senate yesterday unanimously approved a measure to block a scheduled rate cut by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, preserving doctors’ pay and likely forestalling their mass exodus from the federal health insurance program. It’s the 10th time in the last eight years that Congress has acted to block a looming rate cut, and the fourth in this year alone.

Massachusetts becomes the latest state to ban Four Loko. Stores that sell caffeinated alchoholic drinks such as Four Loko were ordered to remove the beverages from their shelves yesterday, according to WBUR. Phusion Projects, which makes the energy drink, said this week it will remove caffeine from the product.

Healthcare law in hostile hands. The tectonic movement in state politics across the country after the Nov. 2 election has left the healthcare law in hostile hands in many places, just as responsibility for carrying out the law begins to fall most heavily on the states, according to The New York Times.

Americans avoid costly healthcare. Among the world’s health citizens, those in one nation over all the others are most likely to postpone healthcare because of its cost: Americans, according to the HEALTHPopuli blog.

Bootcamp for women angels. Dawn Barber, co-founder of NY Tech Meetup, never has had the money to invest in companies pitched in her investor forum. Now, Barber is applying to the Pipeline Fund Fellowship, a new program for women who want to learn the ins and outs of angel investing, reports Bloomberg Businessweek.

Nurses missing from reform discussion. In all the talk about saving the ship known as our healthcare system from sinking, one group of care providers has been conspicuously missing. The nurses, according to The New York Times.

Material from MedCity News was used in this report.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Healthcare Reform, Medicare, News Well

More recent news

  • Medtronic escapes $106.5M payment in Colibri TAVR patent suit after court overturns jury verdict
  • RadNet closes iCAD acquisition, expands AI breast‑imaging portfolio
  • Hyperfine reports first commercial sales of next-gen AI-powered Swoop
  • Stereotaxis announces $12.5M offering
  • Nuwellis ends clinical trial of its ultrafiltration tech for heart failure

Primary Sidebar

“md
EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND STAY CONNECTED
Get the latest med device regulatory, business and technology news.

DeviceTalks Weekly

See More >

MEDTECH 100 Stock INDEX

Medtech 100 logo
Market Summary > Current Price
The MedTech 100 is a financial index calculated using the BIG100 companies covered in Medical Design and Outsourcing.
MDO ad

Footer

MASSDEVICE MEDICAL NETWORK

DeviceTalks
Drug Delivery Business News
Medical Design & Outsourcing
Medical Tubing + Extrusion
Drug Discovery & Development
Pharmaceutical Processing World
MedTech 100 Index
R&D World
Medical Design Sourcing

DeviceTalks Webinars, Podcasts, & Discussions

Attend our Monthly Webinars
Listen to our Weekly Podcasts
Join our DeviceTalks Tuesdays Discussion

MASSDEVICE

Subscribe to MassDevice E-Newsletter
Advertise with us
About
Contact us

Copyright © 2025 · WTWH Media LLC and its licensors. All rights reserved.
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media.

Privacy Policy