Professional Societies Collaborate On New Carotid Stent Coverage Request
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A coalition of professional societies is preparing to ask CMS to reconsider its national Medicare coverage policy on carotid stents and agree to cover the entire FDA-approved indication for the devices, according to the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention
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