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10% Computed Radiography Reimbursement Cut in Effect: Get the Facts

Cassling

At the beginning of this year, a reimbursement cut came into effect that went largely under the radar, despite many providers still utilizing the system in question. For the past few years, providers of outpatient Medicare-eligible X-rays conducted on a computed radiography system experienced a payment reduction of 7% on each exam.

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BioCardia Announces CMS Approval of Coverage for CardiAMP Cell Therapy Confirmatory Phase III Heart Failure Study

DAIC

CMS has reviewed the CardiAMP Heart Failure II Trial and approved the investigational product, related and routine items and services for purposes of Medicare coverage. The CardiAMP clinical development for heart failure is supported by the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund and is reimbursed by CMS for both treatment and control procedures.

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Outpatient vascular care : Good, bad or ugly?

Dr. Anish Koka

There have been many more attempts to open arteries that have taken place in private clinics since reimbursement rules changed. Jeffery Dormu was a double board certified vascular surgeon who was paid $13 million dollars by Medicare alone between 2013 and 2017.

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First-of-its-kind ACC Registry Tracks Cardiac Procedures Performed in Ambulatory Surgical Settings

DAIC

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.