Medtech Articles in this Series

1. CMS Should Follow FDA’s Lead: Adopt Reforms To Facilitate Medtech Innovation 3/9/2016

   The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should take a cue from FDA and implement impactful reforms and efficiencies that will help support investment, innovation, and timely patient access to the best in American medicine. 

2. 5 Keys To Revitalizing The Medtech Innovation Ecosystem 5/20/2015

   America’s medical technology industry creates life-saving and life-enhancing treatments and cures that drive efficiencies and cost savings in the health care system, improve the quality of patient care, and generate high-quality jobs that contribute to economic growth. But today, the innovation ecosystem that supports medical technology development is severely stressed. This article proposes a new framework to respond to these challenges, addressing five specific threats to the American innovation ecosystem.

3. Supporting Medtech Innovation Requires Changes To New Payment Paradigms 3/16/2015

   The unintended consequences of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and bundled payment initiatives.

4. Medical Device Tax Is Cutting Jobs, R&D, And U.S. Investment 5/30/2014

   The medical device and diagnostics industry is an American success story, creating life-saving and life-enhancing innovations every day while providing high-quality jobs in communities both large and small. Unfortunately, the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax implemented in January 2013 threatens this success and has already had a negative impact on jobs, R&D, and investment. Policymakers need to act now to address this burdensome tax and repeal it before more harm is done. By Steve Ubl, president and CEO, AdvaMed

5. Q&A: Edwards Lifesciences VP Discusses Physician Payments Sunshine Act 3/10/2014

   Christopher White, general counsel for AdvaMed, recently sat down with Diane Biagianti,VP and chief responsibility officer for Edwards Lifesciences, to talk about the importance of collaboration between physicians and medical technology companies, and implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. By Christopher White, general counsel, AdvaMed

6. Sunshine Act: Understanding Appropriate Industry-Physician Interactions 12/9/2013

   As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) works to develop a searchable public website for reported “transfers of value” from health industry manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals, as required under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, the requirement for “background information on industry-physician relationships” deserves significant attention. By Christopher L. White, Senior Executive VP and General Counsel, AdvaMed