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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Issues Final Rule for Acute Care Hospitals - Quick Pulse
Summary: CMS Administrator Dr. Mark McClellan recently announced the new, final, acute care hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule for FY2005. This will be published August 11, 2004, and will go into effect on or about October 1, 2004. The most important change may be that CMS is giving three new technologies additional new technology payments – CRT-Ds, LVADs, and Medtronic’s deep brain stimulator system.
The Ongoing Taxus Stent Recall - Quick Pulse
Summary: The recall of Boston Scientific’s Taxus (paclitaxel-eluting) stents keeps expanding, and sources still aren’t sure the bad news is over. Concern remains that the rest of the “old” stents in the pipeline – or even the “new” stents with a manufacturing “fix” – could still face a recall in the near future. FDA officials deny the company has lost credibility or that any additional recall is imminent or likely, but the agency is still investigating. Boston Scientific certainly won’t win any awards for the way it has handled this problem.
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