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OCTOBER 15, 2024

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. tim.hodson Tue, 10/15/2024 - 12:12 Oct.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

15 , 2024 — Four of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have released final local coverage determinations (LCD) for AI-Coronary Plaque Analysis (AI-CPA). tim.hodson Wed, 10/16/2024 - 12:36 Oct. The four contractors for the U.S.

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MARCH 28, 2025

TheNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence(NICE) recommends CCTA as the first-line investigation for patients with chest pain due to suspected CAD, highlighting its importance in improving diagnostic certainty. a huge win: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT. 2012) 380:2095128. link] iv IMV.2023

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MAY 8, 2024

5 Revascularization to improve blood flow to the heart has been shown to reduce mortality in stable chest pain patients. 5 Revascularization to improve blood flow to the heart has been shown to reduce mortality in stable chest pain patients. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, vol. 301–302, [link].

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MAY 2, 2024

This causes angina, a type of chest pain which is characterized as refractory angina when this pain cannot be controlled by a combination of optimal medical therapy, angioplasty or bypass surgery, and is estimated to impact 600,000 to 1.8 million patients in the United States.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

With more than 500 peer-reviewed publications, the HeartFlow FFR CT Analysis remains unparalleled in precision coronary care, as supported by the ACC/AHA Chest Pain Guidelines, to improve treatment plans and outcomes. 3 HeartFlow’s FFR CT Analysis is covered by Medicare and for >99% of commercially insured lives. Patel et al.

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DAIC

MARCH 7, 2024

Data was pulled from 2010–2019 Physician/Supplier Procedure Summary (PSPS) files obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website. Halpern, MD, and Vijay M. Rao, MD, FACR, from Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals. mm detector), and X-ray tube power for superior image quality (139 kW effective). “The

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