Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JANUARY 13, 2025

"CMS proposes Medicare and Medicaid coverage for implantable pulmonary artery pressure sensors to manage heart failure. Final decision to be published on Jan.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 31, 2024

"CMS has proposed coverage of implantable pulmonary artery pressure sensors for heart failure management. Learn about the criteria and public comment period."

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 3, 2024

"Learn about the national coverage analysis by CMS for transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for tricuspid valve regurgitation, including public comment and expecte

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

have the lowest death rate for heart failure patients in the country, according to CMS data. Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System-Jamaica Plain (Mass.)

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 14, 2024

between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data released July 31. New York City-based NYU Langone hospital had the lowest 30-day mortality rate for heart attack patients in the U.S.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 14, 2024

Luke's Regional Medical Center has the lowest readmission rate for heart failure patients, CMS found. Boise, Idaho-based St.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 29, 2024

Discover the top hospitals with the lowest and highest death rates for heart attack patients, according to CMS data. NYU Langone Hospitals ranks #1

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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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Med Page Today

DECEMBER 27, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- In August, we reported on the decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to not pursue a proposed Medicare policy that would have restricted coverage of a blood test used to monitor for transplant rejection.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 21, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) conversion factor by 1.68% – from $32.74 for services rendered Jan. 1 through March 8 to $33.07 for services rendered March 9 through Dec. 31 – in response to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 signed into law on March 9.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

between July 1, 2020, and July 30, 2023, according to CMS data released Oct. Tyler, Texas-based Christus Mother Frances Hospital had the lowest unplanned readmission rate for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the U.S.

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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%

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DAIC

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – including CGS, National Government Services (NGS), Palmetto GBA and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) – provided updated LCDs for current procedural terminology (CPT) codes 0623T - 0626T. tim.hodson Wed, 10/16/2024 - 12:36 Oct. The four contractors for the U.S.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:Cardiometabolic syndrome (CMS) poses a significant public health concern. The study aimed to investigate the predictive value of age and CMS for incident Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in women aged≥50.Methods:A per 1000 person-years (PY) in women with CMS, and 7.0 (6.9-7.2) years), 8340 developed incident AD.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 24, 2024

between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data released July 31. -based North Shore University Hospital had the lowest 30-day mortality rate for coronary artery bypass graft patients in the U.S.

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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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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Some physicians may be overusing an invasive vascular procedure for patients with mild disease — making millions in the process, a ProPublica investigation into CMS data found.

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CardiacWire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Their first target will be Anumanas ECG-AI algorithm, which detects low ejection fraction using 12-lead ECG data, and recently landed CMS reimbursement. The partnership will focus on AliveCors Kardia ECG devices and Anumanas ECG-AI algorithms, and apparently includes both AI development and integration.

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DAIC

JANUARY 30, 2025

This model aligns with the 2025 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiatives, including value-based care and age-friendly health system measures, while supporting our mission to deliver improved outcomes and quality care for every patient."

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The New England Journal of Medicine

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

CMS recently announced the newest iteration of bundled payments, the Transforming Episode Accountability Model. Several challenges will need to be monitored and potentially addressed during implementation.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Discover the top 10 hospitals with the highest excess readmission rates for heart failure patients, according to CMS' hospital readmissions reduction program

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Discover the hospitals with the highest and lowest hospital return days for heart attack patients, according to CMS data collected from July 2019 to June 2022.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 1, 2024

between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2022, according to CMS data released July 31. Two Michigan hospitals had the highest excess readmission ratios for heart attack patients in the U.S.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JULY 8, 2024

BackgroundHuman pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) show tremendous promise for cardiac regeneration following myocardial infarction (MI), but their transplantation gives rise to transient ventricular tachycardia (VT) in large-animal MI models, representing a major hurdle to translation.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

MARCH 13, 2025

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor had the lowest heart attack readmission ratio between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Feb.

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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%

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Becker's has compiled a list of the hospitals with the highest and lowest payments for heart failure cases, as based on CMS's payment provider database.

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DAIC

JULY 29, 2024

A CMS national coverage determination is expected in early 2025. This acquisition will expand Edwards’ structural heart portfolio into a new therapeutic area to address the large unmet needs of patients suffering from HF.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

reported the highest Medicare payment of $38,459 for heart attack care between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Oct. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (Miss.)

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JANUARY 21, 2025

hospitals meet the national average of mortality and payment rates used to calculate value of care for heart attack patients, according to CMS data published Oct. The majority of U.S. 30, 2024.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 11, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on March 9 a new opportunity to request advanced Medicare payments for clinicians impacted by the cyberattack and resulting claims disruptions with Change Healthcare.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

DECEMBER 12, 2024

After CMS released its finalized 2025 physician fee schedule, which will reduce reimbursements by 2.83%, some cardiologists are raising concerns over what they call an unstable healthcare system, according to a Dec. 9 TCTMD report.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The CDC and CMS added four NYC Health + Hospitals' facilities to the Million Hearts Hypertension Control Champion list in 2024, which recognizes hospitals who have achieved blood pressure control for at least 80% of adult hypertension patients.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

ObjectivesThe discovery of pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (PSC-CMs) has not only deepened our understanding of the pathogenesis and progression of heart disease, but also advanced the development of engineered cardiac tissues, cardiac regenerative therapy, drug discovery and the cardiotoxicity assessment of drugs.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

who reported prescribing statin medication to patients at discharge, only nine did so for 100% of eligible patients in 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. Of the 70 Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in the U.S.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Here, we describe the characteristics of TNNT2-R141W mutant iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs)in vitro.Methods:Two human iPSC lines were derived from pediatric DCM patient samples, with the TNNT2-R141W mutation (R141W-iPSC), and a R141W-iPSC derived TNNT2 overexpression line (TNNT2-OE iPSC) for comparison.

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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.

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