Medicare’s randomized trial of a new bundled payment model for hip and knee replacement surgeries led to $812 in savings per procedure, a 3.1% reduction in costs when compared with traditional means of paying for care, according to new research. The study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School found that the […]
Medtech reporting would change under new opioid law
A section of the recently-passed bill to address the opioid crisis could have implications for medtech. The 250-page Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act) contains a provision that would require manufacturers of certain medical devices, drugs and biologics covered by Medicare, Medicaid, […]
Provation touts cloud-based medical procedure platform
Clinical productivity software maker Provation Medical has launched Apex, a cloud-based procedure documentation SaaS platform designed to improve outcomes, clinical efficiency and physician satisfaction in ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. Accessible on any internet-enabled device, Apex is designed to be intuitive and aligned with the physician’s workflow, according to the company. It provides guided capture […]
Hospitals saved money under Medicare bundled-payment program
Medicare payments for lower extremity joint replacement care fell by 3.3% among participating hospitals compared to a control group in the first year of a bundled payment pilot program, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Quality of care was maintained in both settings, the federal health insurer said. CMS required all hospitals […]
Bone Index wins CMS coverage for osteoporosis diagnostic device
Finnish orthopedic device manufacturer Bone Index said it has won Medicare and Medicaid coverage for its Bindex point-of-care osteoporosis measurement device for ambulatory surgical and outpatient settings. Bindex measures the cortical bone thickness of the tibia and an algorithm calculates the density index, a parameter that estimates bone mineral density at the hip as measured with a […]
CMS panel votes on volume requirements for TAVR centers
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee this week opened itself to comments and voted on volume requirements for new and existing transcatheter aortic valve replacement programs and operators. Panelists heard data from individuals across the healthcare spectrum, and ended up voting in the middle on most of […]
CMS opens NCA to reconsider TAVR coverage
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have opened a National Coverage Analysis looking to reconsider its National Coverage Determination for transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures. Medicare’s NCD for TAVR was established in 2012 with strict criteria for reimbursement and procedure performance that limited TAVR to high-volume hospitals and medical centers. Requirements in the 2012 decision […]
CMS administrator Verma calls on insurers, providers to give patients their data
For the millions covered by Medicare, accessing their healthcare data ought to be simple – after all, the data belongs to them, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Seema Verma. Earlier this year, CMS launched the latest version of the Blue Button initiative, a program designed to allow Medicare beneficiaries to collect […]
Jury convicts four in CMS-Deerfield insider trading case
A federal jury yesterday reportedly convicted a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services worker and three others of using inside information as the “secret sauce” in a $7 million insider trading scheme with a well-known healthcare hedge fund. Consultant David Blaszczak, founder of Precipio Health Strategies and the one-time colleague at CMS of Christopher Worrall, pleaded not […]
CMS approves expanded MRI coverage for CRM patients
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have finalized a plan that will cover magnetic resonance imaging scans for patients with implanted cardiac devices, including pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, according to a MedPage Today report. The finalized decision, which was released in January, will allow Medicare patients with MR-conditional devices to […]
Feds: CMS insider’s ‘secret sauce’ drove NY hedge fund’s healthcare bets
Federal prosecutors yesterday reportedly accused a political consultant of using his contact at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as the “secret sauce” in a $7 million insider trading scheme with a well-known healthcare hedge fund. Consultant David Blaszczak, founder of Precipio Health Strategies and the one-time colleague at CMS of Christopher Worrall, pleaded […]
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