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Group purchasing organizations say the medical device industry is passing along the costs of a controversial excise tax to healthcare providers.
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In one of the few pieces of significant legislation to win bipartisan support in 2012, Congress reauthorizes the Food and Drug Administration's user-fee acts for the drug and medical device industries and establishes first-time user-fee programs for the biosimilars and generic drug sectors.
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Hospitals will likely pay higher prices for some medical devices as manufacturers seek to pass through the cost of an impending excise tax to providers.
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Manufacturers and patient advocates say providers should inform women if they have dense breast tissue and in many cases offer supplemental breast cancer screening methods for these patients, but some radiologists are pressing for more data about the practices.
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The growing adoption of complex health technology in hospitals is expected to reduce errors and improve the quality of care, but increased utilization of health IT-based technologies comes with its own set of risks for healthcare providers.
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Just when they might have thought they were in the clear, people recovering from meningitis in an outbreak caused by a contaminated steroid drug have been struck by a second illness.
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The Cleveland Clinic's list of top medical innovations for 2013 delivers the gee-whiz factor—a procedure for “cleansing” donor lungs and an almond-sized device implanted in the gums to relieve migraine headaches.
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And then there were two. Over the past few years, three cities have vied to introduce a convention center-sized “healthcare marketplace”—aiming to attract new businesses and lucrative trade shows—but so far those efforts have yet to come to fruition.
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Drug and device makers fear the White House's budget-cutting plans will undermine legislation intended to improve the reviews of new products.
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The tools required to remake the beleaguered U.S. healthcare system into one that's safe, cost-effective and patient-centered are available right now, according to an Institute of Medicine report.
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