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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CMS Medicare Hospital Reimbursement 56

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.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Recent shifts in third-party payer reimbursement, led by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid , have resulted in continued trends of minimally invasive cardiac procedures on stable patients increasingly being performed outside of a hospital setting.

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Outpatient Hospital Reimbursement Medicaid 105

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 2024 to $357.13 in 2025.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

This initiative, led by Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), aimed to refine the post-discharge process to enhance care quality and reduce missed follow-ups.Methods:We introduced a streamlined follow-up process for stroke patients discharged home, adhering to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) Transitional Care Management (TCM) model.

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CMS Reimbursement Stroke Strokes 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

This initiative aimed to enhance the post-discharge process to improve care quality and reduce missed follow-ups.Methods:We implemented a streamlined follow-up process for stroke patients discharged home, aligning with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) definition of the Transitional Care Management (TCM).

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CMS Stroke Strokes Reimbursement 40

DAIC

MARCH 13, 2024

CMS previously published a New Technology APC (Ambulatory Payment Classifications) code that covers the CardiAMP Cell Therapy investigational study procedure, including the BioCardia investigational products utilized to perform the study procedure, allowing the study centers to be reimbursed for the study procedure and products.

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