It’s a new year – and that means the US Congress has some unfinished business to tend to.
Among the device-related issues that Congress left pending in 2019 – but which legislators are likely to revisit in the...
2020 Outlook: US Congress Will Address Surprise Billing, Ratify USMCA, Conduct More Medtech Safety Oversight
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Congress was able to approve a permanent medical device tax repeal and pass a “LAB Act” bill favorable to the diagnostic industry in 2019. But what device-related legislation is ahead in 2020? Medtech Insight takes a look at some of the medtech bills and draft legislation likely to affect manufacturers pending in late 2019 that are likely to be reviewed – and perhaps approved – in 2020.
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