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Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Stroke Recovery Through Digital Health Solutions

DAIC

To improve outcomes and be in compliance with new regulations, it's crucial to better identify and address these issues during the recovery period. I had had a heart attack previously. Stroke recovery is a challenging process that extends for months after hospital discharge.

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Weight Loss Drugs Land Medicare Coverage for Cardiovascular Events

CardiacWire

Wegovy’s recent FDA approval expansion for CVD events and last week’s Medicare Part D policy expansion both come in response to the SELECT trial , which found that Wegovy slashed patients’ major cardiac event risks by 20% over five years, while cutting non-fatal heart attacks by 28% and reducing cardiovascular mortality by 15%.

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Biocardia Reports Positive Interim Results from Phase III Cardiamp Cell Therapy Heart Failure Trial, with Compelling Data in Subgroup with Elevated NTproBNP Biomarker for Heart Failure

DAIC

Patients treated with CardiAMP cell therapy saw an almost 5% lower rate of heart death equivalents at up to two years compared to control patients treated with heart failure medication alone (8.3% vs. 13.2%, respectively). We thank the FDA for its speedy review and approval of the important follow-on Phase III trial.

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Medtronic Receives CMS National Coverage Analysis for Renal Denervation System

DAIC

13, 2025 Medtronic recentlyannounced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is opening a national coverage analysis (NCA) on renal denervation, a process that will allow the agency to review and develop a national Medicare coverage policy for renal denervation procedures for patients with hypertension. Available at: [link].

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