Medical Equipment Technology - New Opportunities for Growth

Updated June 2, 2025

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Medical Equipment Technology - New Opportunities for Growth - Accenture:

"Companies will instead need to adapt and develop new business models to meet healthcare systems changing demands. They will need to align and build up their own capabilities, evaluate models of innovation and new partnerships that can help to unlock future growth opportunities.

The aim of this point of view is to outline three future top growth opportunities for medical equipment manufacturers in the context of the healthcare megatrends driving the industry today and in the future."

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Proposed Legislation - Market-Based Pricing in Medicare for HME

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2012: New Legislation Would Establish Market-Based Pricing in Medicare for Home Medical Equipment and Services | PRNewswire:

"The American Association for Homecare endorses a bill introduced last week in the House of Representatives that would implement market-based pricing for home medical equipment and services such as oxygen therapy, wheelchairs, and other durable medical equipment and services.

A bipartisan group of 14 Representatives in the House introduced a bill, H.R. 6490, that would establish a market pricing programas a budget-neutral replacement for the current, poorly-designed Medicare bidding program for home medical equipment and services. "

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ASHP Policy Analysis - Supply Chain Tracking

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ASHP Shares Drug Supply Chain Recommendations with ASPR - ASHP.org

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Review the new ASHP (American Society of Hospital-System Pharmacists) Policy Analysis on electronic tracking of medications to improve the integrity of the supply chain:
ASHP Policy Analysis - Following Pharmaceutical Products Through the Supply Chain

It covers Pedigree, e-Pedigree, and Track-and-Trace. California and Florida laws are presented. Federal legislation is discussed.

Any implementation of a track-and-trace system would likely be driven in large part by manufacturers and wholesalers who would need to develop the technological capability to track drug products, as well as the ability of that technology to interface with various members of the supply chain.

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California e-Pedigree - Proposed Requirements - continued

Updated November 20, 2023

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CA Board of Pharmacy - Enforcement Committee Meeting - September 11, 2012 - Meeting Minutes

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The California Board of Pharmacy continues to consider presentations from individuals, entities and associations on issues affecting implementation of e-pedigree requirements, readiness to meet the staggered implementation dates, and supply chain security issues.

Here are the posted documents for the recently held meeting:
CA Board of Pharmacy - Enforcement Committee Meeting - September 11, 2012 - Meeting Materials

Comments were submitted by wholesalers, manufacturers, pharmacies, and other entities.  Background reading and materials are included in the meeting materials.

The board will also soon establish a section of the board’s website to contain items related to e-pedigree. One section will be a question and answer section. Questions submitted to the board will be answered in this area.

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Walgreen Florida Facility Barred From Shipping Oxycodone

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Walgreen Florida Facility Barred From Shipping Oxycodone - Bloomberg:

"Walgreen Co. (WAG) was blocked from shipping controlled substances from a distribution center in Jupiter, Florida, after a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration probe into the sales of painkiller oxycodone found the facility posed a threat to public safety.

The Walgreen center was served today by the DEA with an immediate suspension order that bars it from handling controlled substances including oxycodone and hydrocodone, pending administrative proceedings by the agency, according to an agency statement. The Jupiter facility, one of a dozen owned and operated by Walgreen, has been the single largest distributor of oxycodone products in Florida since 2009, the DEA said."

. . . Earlier this week, DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart ordered that the controlled substance licenses for two CVS Caremark Corp. (CVS) pharmacies in Sanford, Florida be permanently revoked.

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U.S. revoking 2 Florida CVS stores' controlled substance licenses

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U.S. revoking 2 CVS stores' controlled substance licenses - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com:

"The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is revoking the controlled substance licenses of two CVS Caremark Corp drugstores in Florida as part of a government crackdown on potentially addictive painkillers, especially oxycodone, according to a court filing.

The DEA has alleged the two stores, about 30 miles south of Orlando, were inappropriately filling prescriptions for oxycodone, which can be highly addictive, and also had suspicious sales of other controlled substances."

. . .  The DEA has increased its focus on drug wholesalers and pharmacies as it tries to battle what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call a prescription drug abuse "epidemic.

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California pharma wholesaler and the supply of black market drugs

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The full article provides due diligence information that includes names of the 17 defendants (mostly Californians).

Pharmaceuticals: California pharma wholesaler and the supply of black market drugs / Pharmaceuticals / Health, Care & Pharma / Industries / The Chief Officers' Network - your business advantage - The Chief Offficers' Network:

"In a prosecution begun yesterday, US prosecutors have charged 17 people with offences under the Bank Secrecy Act which deals with money laundering. But underneath that headline is a more troubling story: the purchase and sale into legitimate distribution channels of drugs unauthorised pharmaceuticals."

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