Draft Bill In US House Considers Use Of Devices For Pain Management
Executive Summary
Discussion-draft legislation in the US House exploring ways to prevent opioid addictions calls for a report recommending ways to encourage use of medical devices to control pain in individuals covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
You may also be interested in...
Bills Advancing In US Congress Would Hasten FDA Reviews Of Non-Opioid Medtech Alternatives
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee each passed bills this week to expedite approval pathways for non-opioid devices and drugs to control pain and prevent further addictions. Other opioid bills passed by the House subpanel seek to remove reimbursement challenges for opioid-alternative pain control devices.
Medtech Tools To Help Address Opioid Crisis Face Reimbursement Challenges
A wide variety of devices that could either serve as pain-relief substitutes for opioids, help manage opioid addictions or tackle distribution issues with the overly prescribed medications are facing reimbursement challenges at the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
White House To Deliver 25 Million Face Masks To Low-Income Americans
The White House will be spending $86m to provide tens of millions of coronavirus masks to poorer American households.