MRI For Pacer Patients: Coverage Limited To Studies
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS has finalized a proposal from last year to cover magnetic resonance imaging scans of patients with pacemaker and defibrillator implants, but only in certain well-controlled studies, while maintaining its MRI coverage restriction for patients with the implants in all other contexts.
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