FDA, in a 2013 final rule, made it a requirement that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a UDI as a patient safety measure. Current health insurance claims forms, however, ...

The heads of the CMS and the Food and Drug Administration want universal health insurance claims forms to include unique device identifiers. The UDI would improve post-market surveillance and provide ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — A group of lawmakers, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Lloyd Doggett, are now looking to health insurance claims forms in an effort to better track potentially ...

The CMS can't track how much recalled and defective medical devices cost Medicare because of a lack of medical device information on health insurance claims forms, according to HHS' inspector general.