Medicare Expands Coverage of Cardiac DefibrillatorsMedicare Expands Coverage of Cardiac Defibrillators

March 1, 2005

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Originally Published MX March/April 2005

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; Baltimore) has announced a significant expansion of its reimbursement coverage for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).

Under the new guidelines, Medicare recipients with mild-to-moderate heart disease may now be eligible to receive the stopwatch-sized implants that regulate cardiac rhythm to ensure that the heart is pumping blood adequately. Before the new ruling, coverage was limited mostly to patients with more severe heart disease, including those who had previously suffered sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

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