US Senators Press Agency Witnesses On Adding UDIs To Claims Forms

Democratic Sens. Patty Murray and Elizabeth Warren pressed US CMS and HHS officials at a recent hearing on making certain a line is added to Medicare claims forms for unique device identifiers, both to reduce Medicare costs and improve patient safety.

It's a "no-brainer" that the US Medicare agency should make certain that a line for unique device identifiers (UDIs) is added to Medicare claims forms, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told the US Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chief Medical Officer Kate Goodrich at an Oct. 31 hearing.

The primary thrust of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) hearing was to scrutinize government progress in implementing electronic health record (EHR) reforms required under the 21st...

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