Wikipedia -WSS

Wikipedia

author：knowledge 2025-10-02 20:48:49 - browse：64

medical device iindentifier — Adding identifiers for medical devices like pacemakers to claims forms would help improve device safety. SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images

This week, an under-the-radar U.S. government advisory group called the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) can vastly improve medical device safety.

The NCVHS, which was founded in 1949, is responsible for developing recommendations and common standards for organizing information and data across the U.S. health care system. This charge includes oversight of the claims forms that facilitate all billing and insurance-related activities. Policymakers and others use claims data to track the flow of medical products and services, spending, quality, and outcomes.

One notable absence from claims forms is specific information about medical devices — products ranging from pacemakers to hip implants and ventilators — which account for nearly $200 billion in annual health care spending. This omission is specific to medical devices; claims forms contain National Drug Codes that enable tracking of pharmaceuticals.

Unlock this article by subscribing to STAT+ and enjoy your first 30 days free!

GET STARTED Log In

Previous article： Medicare details structure of new drug price negotiation program
Next article： Readout LOUD podcast: mifepristone case, GLP

WSS

Why the world’s most expensive drug might be worth the price

Letters to First Opinion on caregivers, digital health, and more

See how much Covid

FDA's Pazdur wants cancer trials to range beyond China alone

Washington mulls new rules to avert another Change Healthcare

Why the world’s most expensive drug might be worth the price

entertainment

Wikipedia

explore

Wildfire smoke exposes gaps in outdoor worker protections

ASCO24: AstraZeneca won cancer’s big meeting. Can it fulfill its $80B ambition?

Guidelines to prevent youth baseball injuries need more muscle

ASCO 2024: 'Reassuring' Corbus data on ADC bladder cancer drug

As demand for Covid shots wanes, Moderna seeks its next success

Abortion pill case raises question: who can sue the FDA?

At least 13 dead in Texas as scorching temps continue

Let's speed up science by embracing open access publishing

Duchenne breakthrough therapy leaves behind pioneering families

States should stop sabotaging methadone treatment reform

hotspot

Readout LOUD podcast: mifepristone case, GLP

Primary care physicians play key roles in Alzheimer's management

Change Healthcare can notify patients about the breach, HHS says

BMI, flaws aside, is found to be useful estimate of body fat in youth

Let's speed up science by embracing open access publishing

Abortion pill case raises question: who can sue the FDA?

entertainment

focus

knowledge

Wikipedia