In an "early alert," the Office of Inspector General for Health and Human Services (HHS OIG) has asked CMS to work to add device identifier information to health insurance claim forms. The urging came ...

Lack of medical device-specific information in patient claims forms impedes the government’s ability to track Medicare costs related to the replacement of defective or recalled devices, according to a ...

A week after federal legislators and hospitals pressed the Office of Management and Budget about the release of a final unique device identification rule, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration submitted a proposed final rule on unique medical device identifiers to the Office of Management and Budget for review, Health Data Management has reported. The ...

Every medical device has its own unique code, allowing manufacturers to keep track of their products once they enter the market. But while these codes are critical for recalling faulty devices or ...

The Food and Drug Administration has announced its proposal to create a unique device identification (UDI) system, which will impact both suppliers and providers. The rule itself has its genesis in a ...

Intermountain Healthcare is one of very few healthcare organizations able to easily let providers know which patients have a particular implantable device. A supply chain software program feeds data ...

In today’s world – whether at work or at home – I’d be lost without the smartphone that helps me do so much more than just communicate. It knows where I am now and how to get where I want to be next.

The Food and Drug Administration, along with the National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine, has unveiled a new site that will allow the public to search for data on certain medical ...

The Food and Drug Administration has released its final rule requiring most medical devices distributed in the United States to include a unique device identifier, according to a report from Premier ...