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		October 6, 2008 Volume 34, Number 40  Imaging Procedure Volume Grows While Price Caps Cut Medicare’s Bill – GAO Medicare spending on physician imaging services fell 12.7% to $12.1 billion in 2007 due to caps on related fees, despite an overall increase in imaging procedure volume, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.    READ MORE>> Debate Stirs Over Medicare Coverage For Proton Therapy In Prostate Cancer A private insurer is calling for CMS to issue a national non-coverage decision for proton therapy in treating prostate cancer, claiming Medicare payments will encourage rapid spread of the costly technology before there is enough clinical evidence to deem the treatment reasonable and necessary.    READ MORE>> Chinese Health Care Reform: Market Opportunities And Challenges China's renewed emphasis on reforming its health care system is creating both opportunities and challenges for foreign manufacturers doing business there, according to speakers at AdvaMed's 2008 MedTech Conference in Washington, D.C.    READ MORE>>       MedPAC Wants Congress To Require Sunshine For Doc/Device Maker Ties       Medtronic SynchroMed, IsoMed Drug Pump Catheter Recall Cites Connectors     Chart: FDA Recalls -- Sept. 24, 2008       Heart Transplant Rejection Breath Test Data Falls Short – CMS       Too Many Heart Failure Patients Missing Out On Proven Therapies – HFSA     State-Level Marketing Restrictions Increasingly Target Device Industry     Research In Brief     R&D tax credit included in $700 billion bailout plan     J&J scores $1.2 bil. in stent patent fight     Covidien restructuring     Congressional collaboration on DTC device ads       China-Made Devices Could Offer Steep Competition By 2010, Exec Says       Cepheid Tests Target Rapid ID Of Resistant Bugs, Dovetail With Policy Trends       People In Brief       Contrast Imaging Guidance Outlines Labeling Change Requirements     HHS OIG Work Plan: FDA Oversight And DME, Inpatient Payments Make List     Regulatory News In Brief     Devices Not The Primary Cause Of Product-Related Hospital Infections – GAO     Chart: FDA Warning Letters Released the Weeks of Sept. 15 - Sept. 29       Featured Event: U.S. FDA Inspections in China     Investment In Innovation (In3) East and Medical Device Investor Day	search within: All Publications Medicare Drug Focus "The Blue Sheet" "The Gold Sheet" "The Gray Sheet" Medicare Guide "The Pink Sheet" "The Pink Sheet DAILY" "The Rose Sheet" "The Silver Sheet" "The Tan Sheet" Health News Daily Pharmaceutical Approvals Research Policy ALERT Washington Fax PharmAsia News
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