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Could their be a bipartisan Obamacare fix?

October 2, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appear to be dead – at least for now. But two U.S. senators may soon unveil a bipartisan proposal to make modest healthcare fixes. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the committee’s ranking […]

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform Tagged With: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare

Medical device’s biggest players doled out $895m to docs in 2015

February 14, 2017 By Brad Perriello

The 25 largest medical device companies paid out a collective $894.6 million in general and research fees to doctors in 2015, according to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released last month. The CMS Open Payments program, created under the Affordable Care Act with the aim of improving transparency, requires device and drug […]

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform Tagged With: ACA, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Physician Payment Sunshine Act

Report: AdvaMed all-in on medical device tax repeal

February 14, 2017 By Brad Perriello

Including language repealing the medical device tax in an upcoming reconciliation bill is reportedly the Advanced Medical Technology Assn.’s #1 priority, even as Republicans on Capitol Hill disagree on repealing Obamacare-related taxes ahead of repealing the entire Affordable Care Act. A 2-year moratorium on the 2.3% levy on U.S. medical device sales is slated to […]

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform Tagged With: ACA, Capitol Hill, medicaldevicetax

Donald Trump: What medtech’s top executives are saying

February 3, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

For the most part, the medical device industry’s top executives have sounded positive about the new Trump administration and Republican Congress during recent earnings calls with analysts. Some such as Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky have even offered advice. And while there are many open questions, top executives insist potential repeal and replace of […]

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform, Medicare, News Well Tagged With: Abbott, ACA, Alex Gorsky, Baxter, BD, C.R. Bard, Chris Reidy, David Dvorak, Donald Trump, Gary Guthart, Intuitive Surgical, Joe Almeida, Johnson and Johnson, MedTech, Miles White, Obamacare, Timothy Ringer, Zimmer Biomet

How Acelity plans to disrupt fee-for-service to build a value-based business

January 31, 2017 By Heather Thompson

Value-based care is disrupting the old fee-for-service models in the U.S. healthcare industry, and medical device makers must adapt or perish. Here’s how wound care company Acelity is responding.  The rise of value-based care in the U.S. is causing a major shift in the medical device industry. Health provider customers want to know how medical […]

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform, Medicare, Wound Care Tagged With: ACA, Acelity, MedTech, value-based healthcare

Trump and medtech: What people in the industry think

January 26, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Many MassDevice and Medical Design & Outsourcing readers think permanent medical device tax repeal should be a top priority for President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress. Many say the new administration will be good for medtech, too. Those were two of the major takeaways among nearly 100 MassDevice and MDO readers responding to an online […]

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Healthcare Reform, Medicare, News Well Tagged With: ACA, Donald Trump, FDA, MedTech, Obamacare

Donald Trump: 5 questions medtech needs to ask

January 18, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

From tax breaks to Obamacare repeal, medtech companies are likely due to experience major changes under President Donald Trump. The situation, though, remains unpredictable. “I don’t think that there has been a scenario, not since I’ve been a professional and in politics, where we really know so little about exactly what the key priorities are […]

Filed Under: Medicare, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, MedTech

Medtech sits on the sidelines as ACA repeal looms

January 13, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Some major medical device industry lobbying groups are staying mum for now about the expected repeal of the U.S. Affordable Care Act—even though an extensive overhaul of the national healthcare system would have a serious impact on medtech. With so much unpredictability around how the incoming Trump administration and the new Republican Congress will replace […]

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform, Medicare, News Well, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: ACA, AdvaMed, medicaldevicetax, MedTech, Obamacare

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