CMS’s proposed expansion of Medicare TAVR coverage to include select asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis patients and reduce access barriers for symptomatic patients could significantly increase TAVR adoption, creating a growth opportunity for Edwards Lifesciences through expanded eligibility, higher procedure volumes, and continued leadership in structural heart care.
A long-overdue push to reduce administrative friction, improve access to patient data, and move the system away from workflows that continue to waste time for both patients and providers.
New pathway cuts red tape and brings predictability to Medicare coverage for Breakthrough Devices.
FDA will decrease its workforce by approximately 3,500 full-time employees, with a focus on streamlining operations and centralizing administrative functions. This reduction will not affect drug, medical device, or food reviewers, nor will it impact inspectors.
The MDIC Annual Public Forum 2024 kicked off this week with experts from the National Evaluation System for health Technology (NEST), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the FDA. Topics included the future of real-world evidence (RWE) and the integration of AI into the healthcare ecosystem and how can we leverage emerging technologies to bring innovative and safer solutions to patients.
The nonclinical assessment model (NAM) can predict the rise and distribution of temperature in bone around metallic femoral nails when exposed to radio frequencies during an MRI scan.
“This report validates the broad applicability—and true value—of computational modeling and simulation as a critical engineering discipline. Tangible cost, quality and performance improvements are being realized by the early adopters.”
There are several challenges and opportunities on the road to a truly connected, hospital to home healthcare system. Stuart Long, CEO of InfoBionics, discusses new innovations as well as what’s needed to move connected care and remote patient monitoring to the next level of adoption.
Next-generation, predictive analytic patient monitoring lowers healthcare costs, improves clinical outcomes and enhances the patient experience in hospital-at-home, post-acute care and chronic care management.
A review of the top six reasons there has been a dramatic increase in the adoption of remote care among seniors.