Medicare to Cover Cardiac Device
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In what could be the most expensive decision in Medicare's history, officials say the government has decided to expand coverage of implanted heart-shocking devices for people with weakened hearts.
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British heart doctors are fighting an effort to end government coverage for drug-coated heart stents.
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Medicare has agreed to expand coverage by one-third for implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) -- devices used to steady hearts that beat irregularly -- to 500,000 patients, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
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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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A Massachusetts company gets a humanitarian exemption to sell gadgets that act like an artificial heart, but don't last as long. They are only approved for patients close to death.
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The US government on Tuesday proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly implanted heart devices, a decision expected to benefit makers Guidant Corp.
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The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed to expand coverage of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), a move expected to save thousands of lives a year.
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Nearly 2 million low-income Medicare participants could be switched to different insurance plans for their prescription drug coverage next year
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The new Medicare law has touched off a huge battle between insurance companies and drug companies that could determine how many medicines will be readily available to Medicare beneficiaries.
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Sexual performance drugs such as Viagra will be covered in Medicare's new prescription drug program, a lifestyle rather than lifesaving benefit that conservatives and watchdog groups say the government shouldn't provide.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - The Food and Drug Administration should consider telling patients and doctors that the use of drug-coated heart stents in unapproved, high-risk cases can lead to greater complications, a panel of medical experts said on Friday.
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Viagra, the blockbuster impotence  drug, will be paid for under Medicare's new prescription drug  coverage, officials said on Tuesday.
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The Bush administration said Monday it would carve the country into multiple coverage regions to get private insurers to offer Medicare prescription
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Cambridge Heart Inc. , a small, publicly traded company based in Bedford, has suffered a setback in its bid to persuade Medicare to mandate its tests for a registry of implantable defibrillator patients.
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By Christopher Snowbeck, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Dec. 16--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for a third time socked a local company's plan to market a "heart sock" device for the treatment of congestive heart failure.
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U.S. regulators have approved a new  medical device to evaluate patients suspected of having blood  clots blocking vessels, including pulmonary arteries, the  manufacturer, Biosite Inc., said on Thursday.
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Specialists told Congress that the way Medicare pays for the drug, used to treat dialysis patients, encourages overuse and raises the risk of heart complications.