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American College of Cardiology
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule and the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) final rule on Nov.
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DAIC
MARCH 10, 2025
tim.hodson Mon, 03/10/2025 - 11:17 At the Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2025 conference in Washington, D.C., The analysis of data from SCAARon the Prevail coronary paclitaxel drug-coated balloon (DCB) will be presented as a late-breaking clinical trial at Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2025 in Washington, D.C.
DAIC
MARCH 14, 2025
tim.hodson Fri, 03/14/2025 - 16:12 SCAI Scientific Sessions 2025 will take place May 1 to 3, attheWalter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
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American College of Cardiology
JULY 10, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). Of note, the PFS conversion factor has been updated from $33.2875 to $32.3562, a 2.80% cut.
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American College of Cardiology
JULY 31, 2024
Work, practice, expense and liability relative value units are updated annually through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rulemaking.
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American College of Cardiology
JULY 16, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on July 10, addressing Medicare payment and quality provisions for physicians in the coming year. 1, 2025, dropping from $33.2875 to $32.3562.
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American College of Cardiology
DECEMBER 2, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule on Nov. Of note, the 2025 PFS conversion factor is $32.3465, a reduction of 2.83% from $33.2875 in 2024.
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American College of Cardiology
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Work, practice, expense and liability relative value units (RVUs) are updated annually through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rulemaking.
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DAIC
JANUARY 30, 2025
tim.hodson Thu, 01/30/2025 - 15:31 Jan. 29, 2025 Researchers atOchsner Health, led byHernan Bazan, MD, DFSVS, FACS, have developed a predictive model with a 93% accuracy rate in determining whether urgent carotid-intervention patients will regain functional independence. For information please visit Reference: Bazan HA et al.
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American College of Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
The ACC submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Sept. 4, providing feedback and raising concerns on several issues of relevance to the cardiovascular community in the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule.
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American College of Cardiology
JULY 18, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System rule on July 10. CMS proposes a 2.6% increase to OPPS payment rates that reflects a market basket update of 3.0%
49 American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Medicare payment cut imposed by the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and institute a 2% inflationary update, providing financial relief to physician practices across the country and preserving access to vital health care services. Legislation introduced in Congress on Jan. 31 would revert the 2.8%
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American College of Cardiology
AUGUST 7, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule on Aug. 1, including a 2.9% increase in operating payment rates for general acute care hospitals, representing a 3.4% increase in the hospital market basket with a 0.5%
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American College of Cardiology
JANUARY 8, 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has temporarily reassigned coronary CT angiography (CCTA) codes 75572-75574 from ambulatory payment classification (APC) 5571 to APC 5572 in the 2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule. in 2025. in 2024 to $357.13 in 2024 to $357.13
American College of Cardiology
APRIL 12, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule, proposing a 2.6% increase in operating payment rates for applicable hospitals. This represents a 3% projected increase in the hospital market basket update with a projected 0.4%
49 American College of Cardiology
MARCH 11, 2025
The ACC and more than 100 other medical organizations signed a joint statement addressed to Congress, urging lawmakers to include essential health provisions to reverse the 2025 cuts to Medicare payment in the upcoming continuing resolution (CR).
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American College of Cardiology
JUNE 6, 2024
The ACC submitted formal comments on June 5 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule.
Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A154-A154, February 1, 2025. billion from the Medicare Services. billion from the Medicare Services. In 2013, the mean Medicare payment, weighted per stroke DRG for each stroke admission, was $9,486.08 (95% CI: $9,448.98$9,523.18) billion by 2030. 9,523.18) nationwide.
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DAIC
MARCH 28, 2025
tim.hodson Fri, 03/28/2025 - 15:23 Mar. vii Similarly, recent increases in Medicare reimbursement rates for CCTA are a positive step towards making this technology more accessible. a huge win: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT. 2012) 380:2095128. 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61728-0. link] iv IMV.2023
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Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A63-A63, February 1, 2025. Introduction:Stroke prevalence is highest in adults ages>65 years, the majority of whom are Medicare beneficiaries. Fee-for-Service (FFS) Medicare incentivizes utilization by paying for each service.
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DAIC
JANUARY 24, 2025
tim.hodson Fri, 01/24/2025 - 11:51 Jan. 24, 2025 In-patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a novel analysis evaluating surgeon preference for multi- versus single-arterial grafting may help explain the differing results between prior retrospective analyses and randomized controlled trials regarding long-term survival.
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MARCH 13, 2025
The use of fractional flow reserve by CT per 100 000 Medicare enrollees increased by >16-fold from 2018 (the first year covered) to 2022, and cardiac amyloidosis pyrophosphate scintigraphy studies increased 4-fold from 2011 to 2022 (0.17% to 0.68%). of cardiac testing use in 2011 and 67.7% to 1.7%), stress echocardiography (3.6%
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American College of Cardiology
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) final rule on Nov. The rule will implement a 2.9% increase to OPPS payment rates that reflects a market basket update of 3.4% reduced by a productivity adjustment of 0.5%.
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DAIC
MARCH 27, 2025
tim.hodson Thu, 03/27/2025 - 15:40 March 27, 2025 GE HealthCare is announcing theU.S.launch of Flyrcado(flurpiridaz F 18) injection at the 2025American College of Cardiology(ACC) AnnualScientific Session & Expo inChicago. Flyrcado is aunit dose positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (PET MPI) agent.
DAIC
JULY 18, 2024
In accordance with the AMA semi-annual early release schedule, the new codes will be effective January 1st, 2025 and published in the 2025 CPT Code book. CPT codes are widely used by government payers, including Medicare and Medicaid, and commercial insurance companies to identify healthcare services and procedures for reimbursement.
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DAIC
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have granted the company’s Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation system a Transitional Pass-through (TPT) payment. The approval of TPT offers incremental reimbursement payments for outpatient procedures performed with ultrasound renal denervation for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
40 American College of Cardiology
JANUARY 3, 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created two new G codes in the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule that will provide reimbursement for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk assessment and risk management services.
49 The American Journal of Cardiology
MARCH 10, 2025
Publication date: Available online 9 March 2025 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): John Eisenga, Taylor Pickering, Kyle McCullough, Jasjit Banwait, Sarah Hale, Katherine Harrington, William Brinkman, Michael Mack, J. Michael DiMaio, Justin Schaffer
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The American Journal of Cardiology
JANUARY 4, 2025
Publication date: Available online 3 January 2025 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Cody W. Dorton, Kyle A. McCullough, Taylor Pickering, Jasjit K. Banwait, Sarah Hale, J. Michael DiMaio, Justin M.
40 The American Journal of Cardiology
JANUARY 17, 2025
Publication date: Available online 16 January 2025 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Ann Marie Navar, Batul Electricwala, Jasjit K. Multani, Zifan Zhou, Chi-Chang Chen, Barnabie C. Agatep, Allison A. Petrilla, Taylor T. Schwartz, Laetitia N'dri, Joaquim Cristino, Fatima Rodriguez
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American College of Cardiology
AUGUST 22, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) summarized a recent billing edit change in the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule, which fixes an issue that previously prevented hospitals from reporting costs for cardiac computed tomography (CT) as cardiology services.
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Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP229-AWP229, February 1, 2025. Mortality data was obtained from Medicare beneficiary files. Conclusions:In a nationally representative cohort of Medicare beneficiaries, the prevalence of clinically diagnosed CAA was approximately 6 per 10,000. 9.1), ischemic stroke (aHR, 2.5; 95% CI, 19.6-52.4),
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Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWMP40-AWMP40, February 1, 2025. The highest visits among all disciplines were for PT and the payor covering the highest number of services was Medicare FFS at all time points: 30 days (mean 2.02, SD 3.04), 90 days (mean 4, SD 6.01), and at 1 year (mean 8.25, SD 12.8).
40 Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATMP42-ATMP42, February 1, 2025. Results:Main outcome measures were the Medicare calculated self-care and mobility scores on admission and on discharge. 283 patients met at least one of their Medicare calculated discharge goals. minutes (PT), 830.3 minutes (OT), and 417.1 minutes (ST).Conclusion:Stroke
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DAIC
MARCH 10, 2025
tim.hodson Mon, 03/10/2025 - 11:17 At the Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2025 conference in Washington, D.C., The analysis of data from SCAARon the Prevail coronary paclitaxel drug-coated balloon (DCB) will be presented as a late-breaking clinical trial at Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2025 in Washington, D.C.
DAIC
MARCH 3, 2025
tim.hodson Mon, 03/03/2025 - 16:07 Feb. 25, 2025 GE HealthCare has delivered the first patient doses of Flyrcado(flurpiridaz F 18) injection, a unit dose positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (PET MPI) agent for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD), at early adopter imaging centers in the US.
Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP328-ATP328, February 1, 2025. We longitudinally followed the patients by linking the registry data to the Center for Medicare&Medicaid Service (CMS) claims data. Objective:The role of statins in the management of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains controversial.
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Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP205-ATP205, February 1, 2025. Conclusions:In a nationally representative cohort of Medicare beneficiaries, AD was associated with an increased risk of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage. The exposure variable was AD, defined byICD-9-CMcode 331.0 andICD-10-CMcode G30.x.
40 Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP140-AWP140, February 1, 2025. We evaluated the influence of early (30-day) post-acute care (PAC) pathways on 1-year HT.Methods:We analyzed a cohort of Medicare AIS patients at a 7-hospital stroke certified health system (2016 to 2020). One-year HT (i.e.,
40 Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP51-AWP51, February 1, 2025.
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Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ANS8-ANS8, February 1, 2025. Background and Purpose:Patients discharged home after a stroke are particularly vulnerable during the immediate post-discharge period.
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Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWMP82-AWMP82, February 1, 2025. Background and Purpose:Stroke patients discharged home face significant vulnerabilities in the immediate post-discharge period.
40 Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions
JANUARY 20, 2025
Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Volume 18, Issue 1 , Page e014592, January 1, 2025. BACKGROUND:Food and Drug Administrationmandated postmarket studies for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in low-risk populations plan to use passively collected registry data linked to claims for long-term follow-up out to 10 years.
40 Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP27-AWP27, February 1, 2025. Medicare) patients (1.82, 1.45 2.26) had higher odds of receiving surgical AVM treatment (Table 1). NHW patients (0.80, 0.64 0.99) and females (0.75, 0.64 -0.87) had lower odds of receiving surgical AVM treatment, whereas Asian (vs.
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