ICDs, LVADs Will Drive Up Medicare Costs, Despite Improving Health – RAND
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Cardiac devices such as ICDs and LVADs pose a greater spending risk to Medicare than changing demographics and health trends, according to a study conducted by the RAND Corporation and published Sept. 26 on the website of the journal Health Affairs
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