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 practice of adding unique device identifiers to Medicare claims forms now has the backing of both the FDA and CMS, despite previous pushback on the practice from the latter. CMS’ Andy Slavitt and ...

Starting in September, class II medical devices will be required to be equipped with a unique device identifier to be in compliance with UDI regulations. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration passed ...

The healthcare supply chain has seen its share of ups and downs this year. In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, product shortages were exacerbated by a lack of supply-chain visibility.

The FDA has just released draft guidance for unique device identifiers (UDIs) tracking medical devices from their manufacturers to the end users. Specifically, the FDA is providing guidance to device ...

The Food and Drug Administration last week released an amendment to its proposed rule for a unique device identification system released in July. The amendment shortens the originally proposed ...

A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General report released Monday recommends partial adoption of unique device identifiers in the next version of Medicare claims ...

The Obama Administration’s Office of Management and Budget has approved and released a long-awaited proposed rule on a unique device identification system for medical devices. The document was ...

A patient safety coalition representing many major healthcare groups is calling on the Office of Management and Budget to speed its review of a proposed rule to establish a unique identifier for ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FDB (First Databank, Inc.), the leading provider of drug and medical device knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise decisions, announced today that ...

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 ...