CMS Changes Gears On MRI Coverage In Pacemaker Patients
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Under an April 25 proposal, pacemaker patients not enrolled in a clinical trial would be eligible for Medicare-reimbursed magnetic resonance imaging scans, under certain conditions, if their implant is FDA-approved for use in the MRI environment.
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