Medicare to Cover More Implanted Heart Devices
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The U.S. government on Tuesday  proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly, potentially  life-saving implanted heart devices, a decision expected to  benefit makers Guidant Corp., Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude  Medical Inc.
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U.S. advisers will start considering on Thursday the risks of drug-coated stents implanted in millions of heart patients, examining evidence showing the devices may lead to dangerous blood clots.
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People worried about sudden cardiac arrest no longer need a doctor's prescription to buy devices that jump-start the heart.     The Food and Drug Administration for the first time agreed Thursday to let consumers go online and purchase the $2,000 devices for home use...
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U.S. Medicare officials proposed  expanding coverage of carotid artery stenting procedures to  prevent strokes, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
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U.S. Medicare officials proposed expanding coverage of carotid artery stenting procedures to prevent strokes, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
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Many elderly and disabled Americans participating in the Medicare drug benefit next year will have more plans to choose from as the number of companies offering coverage nationwide jumps to 17.
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A lifesaving device developed right here in Tucson could be a step closer to Federal Approval. The CardioWest Total Artificial Heart was approved by a FDA panel several months ago but still has not received full approval.
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The federal government would charge affluent seniors more for drug coverage and require doctors and hospitals to use electronic medical records under proposals released by the Bush administration yesterday to corral rising spending in the Medicare program.
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The new heart stent from Medtronic Inc. has been assocated with more blood clots than a rival product has, federal regulators have concluded.
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A key Medicare coverage decision, expected as early as Wednesday afternoon, could vastly expand the &#36;4.8 billion market for devices used to resuscitate patients whose hearts are beating out of control, doctors and device maker Medtronic Inc. said on Tuesday.
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Seriously ill heart failure patients   expected to live only a month and ineligible for transplant can   get an implant of a permanent artificial heart, U.S. health   officials ruled on Tuesday.
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In the wake of Medtronicâs heart device recall, a Congressional committee announced plans to review how rigorously the F.D.A. required heart device components to be tested.
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A new debate is emerging over whether breast implants constitute the kind of annuity medicine that will entail regular surgical tuneups, exposing patients to increased medical risk and out-of-pocket expenses.
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U.S. health regulators on Friday approved Medtronic Inc's new drug-eluting heart stent, the first heart device of its kind to win U.S. approval in about 4 years.
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Medicare will soon fund implantable  heart devices for thousands more patients, after publication of  a landmark study finding the devices can save more lives, top  agency officials said in a medical journal on Wednesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved for use the first totally implantable artificial heart under a program that will make the complicated, $250,000 device available for as many as 4,000 people.
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Boston Scientific said Thursday that three of its subsidiaries had agreed to pay $16.75 million and extend the warranty on some of its heart devices as part of a settlement with state attorneys general.