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Medical Device ID Numbers?

The federal Medicare agency recommends use of ID numbers to help detect malfunctions in devices.

Recalled Defibrillator / Photo: Josh Reynolds/Associated Press
Recalled Defibrillator / Photo: Josh Reynolds/Associated Press

A Wall Street Journal article dated July 15th discussed Medicare’s recent endorsement of unique identification numbers in billing records for medical devices. Despite years of persuasion from lawmakers and the FDA, this is the first positive acknowledgement of ID numbers by the Medicare agency.

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