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HeartFlow AI Plaque Analysis Achieves Major Milestone Towards Medicare Coverage

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milla1cf Tue, 06/04/2024 - 20:54 June 4, 2024 — HeartFlow, a leader in cardiovascular healthcare technology, is pleased to announce a key Medicare policy development, which should allow for future expanded patient access to their Plaque Analysis product.

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Baylor St. Luke’s Settles Concurrent Cardiac Surgery Case

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However, a Medicare fraud settlement featuring some of Houston’s most prominent institutions and cardiac surgeons reveals the pitfalls of this incentive structure. District Attorney’s office decided that this amounted to Medicare fraud. Allegations claim that between 2013 to 2020 three decorated Baylor St.

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CMS Updates Medicare Coverage for AI-Coronary Plaque Analysis

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15 , 2024 — Four of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have released final local coverage determinations (LCD) for AI-Coronary Plaque Analysis (AI-CPA). This is a positive step towards improved patient care,” said Ahmad Slim, MD, FSCCT, director of imaging at Pulse Heart Institute and chair of the HPPC.

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STS Announces Late-breaker Research to Be Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting

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The event’s late-breaking trial sessions focus on studies anticipated to significantly influence advances in cardiothoracic patient care. The analysis included 4,798 patients from 207 STS sites who underwent esophagectomy between 2012-2019.

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Life After Change Cyber-attack: Without Payment for Claims, Physicians Struggle to Keep Practices Afloat

DAIC

These survey data show, in stark terms, that practices will close because of this incident, and patients will lose access to their physicians. The one-two punch of compounding Medicare cuts and inability to process claims as a result of this attack is devastating to physician practices that are already struggling to keep their doors open.”

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

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Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are health care facilities that provide same-day surgical care, including diagnostic and preventive procedures, outside a hospital setting for planned procedures on low-risk, stable patients. For more information: www.acc.org If you enjoy this content, please share it with a colleague

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HeartFlow Introduces Next Generation Interactive Plaque Analysis Platform to Assess Patient Risk in Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

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HeartFlow’s continued investment and commitment to supporting technologies that enhance diagnostic accuracy and patient care comes on the heels of HeartFlow AI Plaque Analysis achieving a major milestone towards Medicare coverage which should allow for future expanded patient access.