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MASSDEVICE ON CALL — The House voted 234-193 to approve a payroll tax package that maintains Medicare rates for doctors for two years, but raises rates for high-income seniors.
President Barack Obama threatened to veto the legislation, which would raise Medicare premiums by 15 percent beginning in 2017 and cut the Prevention & Public Health Fund by $8 billion.
Urology diagnostics maker MedicaMetrix Inc. landed a $66,950 grant under the Medical Device Development Center’s "fast-lane" program to continue the development of its ProstaGlove for low cost detection of prostate cancer.
The grant was supported by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s John Adams Innovation Institute.
Here’s a roundup of companies announcing new distribution deals and other joint ventures.
