Tag: Affordable
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Threat of medical device tax on mHealth dominated today’s House hearing
The regulation of mobile healthcare apps and devices could trigger a 2.3 percent excise tax required by the Affordable Care Act, hampering innovation by the budding mHealth industry, according to… read more
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House to hold hearings this week on mHealth regulations
Continuing to pressure the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on whether it intends to regulate smartphones, tablets and mHealth apps as medical devices under the Affordable Care Act, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a three-day series of hearings this week to examine how such regulations would impact patients, physicians and developers. read…
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71 million received free preventive care under ACA: HHS
The Obama administration says about 71 million privately insured Americans received coverage for at least one free preventive healthcare service as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2011 and 2012.
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Adding symbol to calorie information influences food choices, says expert
A little-noticed provision of the Affordable Care Act requires all chain restaurants and retail food establishments with 20 or more locations to list calorie counts on their menus.
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Lawmakers express concerns to FDA about taxing mHealth apps
Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration if it intends to regulate smartphones, tablets and mobile apps as medical devices under the Affordable Care Act, as reported by The Hill newspaper in a blog