A week after federal legislators and hospitals pressed the Office of Management and Budget about the release of a final unique device identification rule, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

The practice of adding unique device identifiers to Medicare claims forms now has the backing of both the FDA and CMS, despite previous pushback on the practice from the latter. CMS’ Andy Slavitt and ...

U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., penned a Nov. 8 letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma, asking Ms. Verma to clarify the agency’s position on including information ...

A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General report released Monday recommends partial adoption of unique device identifiers in the next version of Medicare claims ...

FDA has finalized guidance on the form and content of unique device identifiers used to track medtech products through the supply chain. The final text responds to, but in some cases holds firm ...

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R- Iowa) sent a letter to the Accredited Standards Committee (X12), the committee that sets industry standards for commonly used ...

The Food and Drug Administration and CMS are advocating for the use of unique identification numbers in billing records for medical devices, The Wall Street Journal reports. In a letter this week to ...

The Obama Administration’s Office of Management and Budget has approved and released a long-awaited proposed rule on a unique device identification system for medical devices. The document was ...

Twelve provider groups -- including Intermountain Healthcare, Geisinger and the American Medical Group Association -- are calling on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema ...

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