Third-party test drive
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Demonstration programs to "prove to the doubting Thomases" that third-party review and inspections "actually work" are under consideration by HHS, Secretary Tommy Thompson tells the AdvaMed board. Regarding the Greenwood/Eshoo device reforms bill (HR 3580), Thompson says that HHS "would much rather get it passed the way it is...but if we can't, [then] that's sort of [a] fall-back position"...