CardiacWire

MARCH 24, 2024

Less than two weeks after Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy gained expanded FDA approval for cardiovascular event risk reduction, CMS issued a new Medicare Part D guidance that allows coverage of obesity drugs for senior patients with “an additional medically accepted indication”… like cardiovascular disease.

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DAIC

JUNE 4, 2024

I had had a heart attack previously. Navigating Post-Stroke Recovery at Home: One Patient's Experience A ”mildly impaired” stroke patient with atrial fibrillation who was discharged reported, “I knew my local pharmacist, and they knew my prescriptions. I couldn’t dispense my medications into daily doses.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

tim.hodson Thu, 12/05/2024 - 11:59 Dec. 4, 2024 – Cleerly has successfully closed its latest Series C extension funding round, raising a total of $106 million. As we’ve seen with their recent Medicare and CPT I code approvals, this technology is both valuable and ready today in the fight against heart disease.”

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APRIL 24, 2024

milla1cf Wed, 04/24/2024 - 19:01 April 24, 2024 — Hello Heart , a digital leader in preventive heart health, today announced results from its latest study observing the benefits of scalable, accessible digital health tools for a growing senior population. Eighty percent of heart attacks and strokes are preventable.

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JULY 18, 2024

CPT codes are widely used by government payers, including Medicare and Medicaid, and commercial insurance companies to identify healthcare services and procedures for reimbursement. KAI 12L is the world's first AI to detect 35 cardiac determinations, including heart attacks, using a reduced leadset.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

tim.hodson Tue, 10/15/2024 - 12:12 Oct. 15, 2024 – Elucid has announced that four of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) will extend coverage for AI-enabled quantitative coronary plaque analysis, including its FDA-cleared PlaqueIQ image analysis software, beginning Nov.

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MAY 16, 2024

A new joint guideline from the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and nine other medical societies reports early diagnosis and treatment of peripheral artery disease is essential to improve outcomes and reduce amputation risk, heart attack, stroke and death for people with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).

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