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Company focused on health care legislation
December 8, 2008
By: Editor
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Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. spent $410,000 lobbying the federal government in the third quarter on health care issues, according to a disclosure form.
The company lobbied on bills that would reimburse doctors for time spent monitoring patients’ pacemakers, drug pumps and other devices via computer. Boston Scientific and other device makers outfit their implants with transmitters that send updates on patients’ health to an online database. Physicians can then access the information via computer.
Currently the government’s Medicare program does not reimburse doctors for time spent analyzing the transmissions. Bills supported by the medical device industry would change that.
In addition, the Natick, MA-based company lobbied on a bill that would require drug and medical device manufacturers to disclose gifts given to physicians by their salespeople. The device industry’s trade association endorsed the legislation earlier this year after its sponsors agreed to make several revisions, including raising the dollar amount of gifts that companies would have to disclose to $500 from $25.
Lobbyists also promoted the company’s view on a bill aimed at overhauling the US patent system, according to the form filed Oct. 16 with the House clerk’s office.
Software and electronics developers support legislation that passed the House last year, saying it would cut down on frivolous patent-infringement lawsuits. But the medical device and pharmaceutical industries argue it will weaken patent protections on their products by reducing infringement penalties. The bill has stalled in the Senate.
Brenda Becker, a former assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney, was among those lobbying on Boston Scientific’s behalf in the third quarter. Besides Congress, the company lobbied the Department of Health and Human Services, the Congressional Budget Office and other agencies.
SOURCE: Associated Press
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