As the old saying goes, “you win some, you lose some.” With its decision in the case of Council For Urological Interest v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, a court of appeals upheld one aspect of a CMS rule change made in 2008 while striking down another.

A new draft guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aims to clarify some information related to directly applying Unique Device Identifiers (UDIs) to medical devices.

The Supreme Court has announced its decision in the case of King v. Burwell, ruling, 6-3, that the federal subsidies found within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are constitutional. 

The House has voted, 244-154, in favor of a bill that repeals the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a cost-cutting panel first created as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The vote comes less than a week after the House voted to repeal another piece of the ACA, the 2.3% medical device tax.

Earlier this year, Connecticut cut Medicaid reimbursement rates for OB-GYN and radiology. In June, the Nutmeg State’s general assembly voted to restore the former in large part but the latter barely at all. Some say the radiology cut—$4.45 million, a whopping 42.5%—will block access to care for many patients who need it most.

The deadline for full ICD-10 implementation is Oct. 1, 2015, but many healthcare providers remain unprepared, according to a new eHealth Initiative survey.

The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) and the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), today commended the House of Representatives for passing legislation to repeal the medical device excise tax. The legislation, H.R. 160 “The Protect Medical Innovation Act,” passed with a vote of 280 to 140.

After a long delay, the Joint Commission’s revised requirements for diagnostic imaging services go into effect on July 1, with significant dose-management implications for providers of CT. The requirements, first announced in January, apply to all accredited organizations that provide diagnostic imaging services.