Medtronic plc has received the first FDA approval for a transcatheter pulmonary valve to treat patients whose bioprosthetic pulmonary heart valves have failed. For these congenital heart disease patients, many of whom undergo repeat open heart surgeries as children and into adulthood, this validates the use of the Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) to avoid additional surgical procedures. Read More
For the first time in two years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has a full-fledged, rather than an acting, administrator thanks to the Senate confirmation vote of 55-43 for Seema Verma, who will oversee the entity that reimburses more medical devices than any payer in the U.S. Read More
