Medical Devices Today

Sunshine Reg Finally Rises: Start Date For Physician Payment Data Collection Delayed

Article preview from "The Gray Sheet"- December 19, 2011

Two-and-a-half months late and with only a draft version of the regulations released, CMS is giving device and drug companies, and GPOs, more time to prepare for impending requirements to report physician payments and investment interests to the government for public posting.

CMS To Test Prior Authorization Of Power Wheelchairs

Article preview from "The Gray Sheet"- November 21, 2011

The Medicare agency plans to launch a demonstration project next year on prepayment review and prior authorization of power mobility devices, but it faces resistance from industry trade group AAHomecare.

Accountable Care Orgs: CMS Proposes Plans For New Health Delivery Strategy

Article preview from "The Gray Sheet"- April 4, 2011

CMS issued its long-awaited accountable care organization proposed rule last week, mapping out the agency's plans for offering providers financial incentives to practice more coordinated and cost-effective health care.

Brookings, Dartmouth Create Accountable Care Organization Toolkit

Article preview from "The Gray Sheet" - February  2, 2011

As the health care sector awaits guidance from CMS on the accountable care organization program called for under the health reform law, policy groups within The Brookings Institution and Dartmouth Medical School have created a toolkit to help people get started.

DME Competitive Bidding: 32% Cost-Cutting Expected From Revived Program

Article preview from "The Gray Sheet" - July 5, 2010

CMS plans to cut reimbursement an average 32% next year for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) sold in nine markets, the agency announced July 1.

CMS Proposes 28 New Procedures For Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Full article reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - July 13, 2009

The number of procedures performed in freestanding ambulatory surgical centers rather than general hospitals could rise next year under a July 1 CMS outpatient payment proposal. Find out more...

Debate Stirs Over Medicare Coverage For Proton Therapy In Prostate Cancer

Full article reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - October 6, 2008

Find out why a private insurer is calling for CMS to issue a national non-coverage decision for proton therapy in treating prostate cancer.

Here Comes ICD-10

Full brief reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - August 18, 2008

Find out about CMS' newly proposed regulation to adopt ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes that would replace 30-year-old ICD-9, used by health care providers, payers and other stakeholders for billing, tracking and other purposes.

CMS Fields Comments On Who Should Have Bariatric Surgery For Diabetes

Article preview from "The Gray Sheet" - June 23, 2008

Find out why endocrinologists are cautioning CMS against making any immediate policy changes on how Medicare covers bariatric surgery to treat diabetes.

Carotid Stenting Registries

Full brief reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - June 16, 2008

Find out why CMS is considering a request from the Society for Vascular Surgery that the agency use national society registries to collect data on carotid stenting.