Senators To FDA: Keep Pressing CMS To Add UDIs To Medicare Claims

By David Roza / June 18, 2018 at 2:40 PM
Senators from both parties urged FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to keep up the pressure on CMS to add medical device identifier information to Medicare claims forms, a change which FDA expressed support for in the Medical Device Safety Action Plan it released in April. The identifier information could reduce risks to patient safety and improve the integrity of the Medicare program, said Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in a letter sent to Gottlieb on June 12. The...


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