Publisher's note: This series was paid for by National Minority Quality Forum. The views expressed are the authors' own. The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) has commissioned this analysis ...
The proposed decision memo also paves the way for triaging by chart review and enhancing flexibility for heart team decisions ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) coverage with evidence development (CED) program provides coverage for items and services not meeting Medicare’s “reasonable and necessary” ...
For 14 years, patient access to TAVR has been restricted for Medicare beneficiaries under a Coverage with Evidence Development requirement. This could change by June 15.
CMS released a proposed decision memo June 15 that would substantially reshape Medicare coverage for transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and the nation’s leading cardiology and cardiothoracic ...
CMS has proposed Medicare and Medicaid coverage for transcatheter tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair procedures for the treatment of symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation. The procedures would ...
In December, Edwards Lifesciences persuaded CMS to publish an updated tracking sheet for TAVR national coverage analysis, causing the agency to reconsider its previous stance on covering transcatheter ...