All posts tagged healthcare reform
Smith & Nephew CEO says Memphis media reports on layoffs cause were ‘just wrong’
Smith & Nephew CEO says Memphis media reports on layoffs cause were ‘just wrong’ (Memphis Business Journal) While confirming the company laid off 63 people in Memphis, Smith & Nephew PLC CEO Olivier Bohuon also directly contradicted a statement the company issued last week when …
Senators push to repeal U.S. medical device tax; success unlikely
Consumers lose in latest FDA user fee bill; COI restraints disappear
May 15, 2012 by MassDevice
By Merrill Goozner Over the angry protests of consumer groups, Congress is moving rapidly – and in bipartisan fashion – to
Sunshine Act data collection delayed to January 2013, says USA’s CMS
In a web site posting last week, The US Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CSM) announced that manufacturers will not be required to collect data under the
Senate panel adds safety measures to FDA user fee act
April 25, 2012 by Brad Perriello
When health care is promoted as “free”
Health expenditures in the United States neared $2.6 trillion in 2010, over ten times the $256 billion spent in 1980. The rate of growth in recent years
Mass. Sen. hopeful Elizabeth Warren on the device tax, the FDA and a climate for innovation
Democratic “buyers’ remorse” for health care law? | MassDevice.com On Call
When the government puts prices on patients’ heads
Recently, another predictable Trojan-horse provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act appeared that promises to pit doctor versus patient by literally placing a price on patients'
GOP Sens. Burr and Coburn team up for PATIENTS’ FDA Act
Physician Payment Sunshine: Kohl and Grassley Urge CMS to Complete Regulations by June
As numerous healthcare stakeholders wait for the Supreme Court to determine whether the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is constitutional, two Senators are eagerly pressing
The five tax hikes in Obamacare that most hurt seniors
The jobs-killing Obamacare law contains 20 new or higher taxes on American families and employers. Many of these tax increases fall on families making less than $250,000 —
Orthopaedic Surgeons, Patients, and Researchers Head to Hill to Personalize the Critical Need for Research Funding
Nearly 100 Million Americans a Year Identify Bone and Joint Disorders as Their Number One Health Concern Washington, DC Orthopaedic surgeons, patients, and researchers are headed to Capitol Hill today
Zimmer axes jobs to cut costs ahead of med-tech tax
HHS may require doctors to keep Medicare financial records for 10 years
Washington -- Physicians would be given two months to return any money flagged as a Medicare overpayment from as far back as 10 years under a proposed federal