What You Need to Know When Buying or Selling Pre-owned Medical Equipment
We know buying and selling pre-owned medical equipment can be confusing. Below is our list of need to knows. […]
CMS Announces Addition of 106 New Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
Today HHS announced the ACO program continues to expand with the addition of 106 new ACOs. The agency is forecasting a savings in Medicare outlays for health care of $940 million over the next 4-years as a result of the formation of ACOs across the Country. […]
Medical Device Excise Tax Update
We believe this letter between our general counsel and the IRS to be good news for people who sell used equipment, and good news for most sales of refurbished equipment.
Good News for Third-Party Service Providers
We have learned from the Regulatory and Systems Branch of the FDA that companies that only provide third-party service are not required to register.
Hospital Execs Predict Better Times Ahead
In this short article from the Fierce Health Finance News dated December 18, 2012, we are lead to believe from the headline that things are getting better for hospitals. This article is a perfect example of why you have to read more than the headline. In 2014 with full implementation of the PPACA, Obamacare, hospitals [...]
FDA Clarification Requested
We requested FDA clarification on the new regulations concerning Medical Establishment Registration and Device Listing for Manufacturers and Initial Importers of Devices. Read our letter here.
Medical Device Excise Tax
The regulations regarding the Medical Device Excise Tax were published in the Federal Register today. You can read them here. As the document is rather long, and includes supplemental documents, we will time to summarize how this affects IAMERS members. We have already requested more clarification on used equipment. We will post additional information as we [...]
RSNA Attendance Down by 9%
The unaudited attendance for the 2012 RSNA recently held in Chicago was down by approximately 9% among professional and commercial attendees when compared to 2011 numbers. It appears that a change in RSNA policy regarding the cost of guest/other category attendance, which dropped as a category by 36% from 2011 may have contributed to the [...]
Obamacare’s Tax Raid on Medical Devices
Evan Bayh in the Wall Street Journal in late September tells the story of the damage to jobs and innovation that is caused by the President's 2.3% tax on medical devices. Layoffs are being planned, R&D budgets are being slashed and corporations are considering moving as we move closer to implementation. Bayh argues that Congress [...]
Do you know what BYOD means?
For some it means Bring Your Own Device. For others who experienced network crashes from viruses contributed by people hooking their personal device into the company network it means Bring Your Own Disease or Destruction. In this modern age the mobile device is a wonderful addition to our ability to communicate. But if you are [...]