Medicare Add-On Payments Granted For Cardiac, Neuro Devices
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS agreed to grant new tech add-on payments to St. Jude’s CardioMEMS implantable heart failure monitoring system and Abbott’s MitraClip mitral valve repair system, but it took some convincing. The agency also granted an add-on for NeuroPace’s RNS responsive neurostimulator system to treat seizures.
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