July 10, 2013, The Wall Street Journal, LAURA MECKLER, JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN and PETER NICHOLAS When Obama administration officials delayed a central plank of the new health law—requiring that big employers offer health insurance to workers—they said it was to help businesses pleading for more time. Left unsaid was the federal government hadn't written key [...]
Evan Godt, HealthImaging reports on an article appearing in this month's Journal of the American College of Radiology, which examines the accuracy of reported decline in patient imaging over recent years. The authors speculate about the decline in imaging and the impact of increased patient/physician encounters. The authors recommend that policy makers know what the [...]
In case you missed the news the PPACA (Obamacare) took an interesting turn over the Independence Day Holiday. Without anyone paying much attention a British company was chosen to manage the roll-out of Obamacare. Irony may not quite describe what happened but it appears the government is struggling to meet its own deadlines. Read about [...]
As insurance companies and care providers form ACOs to provide a changed patient care model they are learning much about technology, patients and altered payment systems. Read about it here
In an article dated June 17th, Health Data Management reported on the status of the implementation of the FDA Unique Device Identifier (UDI). IAMERS continues to respond to the FDA about this pending rule and will soon produce a White Paper addressing points within the rule that could affect IAMERS members.
At least one respected commentator has predicted that the global market for refurbished medical equipment will be worth $8.45 Billion by 2017. This market will include diagnostic imaging equipment, surgical devices, ra diation oncology equipment and biotechnical equipment. While the definitions of 'refurbishing' and 'remanufacturing' are very much the subject of debate, industry players typically concede that these [...]
Many of the shipping terms in a contract for the sale of goods, have special significance under applicable law. The shipping terms assign the parties certain rights and obligations with regard to who will bear the cost of shipping and who must bear the risk of loss. However, important shipping terms mean different things in [...]
On October 1, 2014, the ICD-9 code sets used to report medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures will be replaced by ICD-10 code sets. A June 3rd report by Dan Bowman, FierceHealthIT tells us that many health care facilities are slow to get this change underway. Read the report here.
Here are some key facts about the medical device excise tax from our general counsel Robert Kerwin.
Prepping for a busy few days in Washington next week. We will be meeting with the Senate Small Business Committee, Senator Tammy Baldwin and her staff, David Lee of National Rual Health, Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission, Casper Uldriks, IAMERS’ Capitol Hill Advisor and Attornies for IRS. […]