Medicare Widens Coverage for Heart Device
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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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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration plans to revamp how it handles safety issues with the stents, pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and other medical devices it regulates.
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Federal regulators approved use of an artificial heart yesterday, marking the first time a mechanical device has been made widely available to replace a failing human organ.
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A day after President Bush touted his efforts to help the elderly cope with increased medical expenses, federal officials announced the largest premium increase in the Medicare program&#39;s
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Federal officials say rising costs, increased payments and some new benefits mean Medicare must raise its Part B premium 17% next year for most of the nearly 42 million seniors and disabled people covered by the 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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More patients are getting life-saving drugs quickly after a heart attack, according to a national survey.
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The 42 million disabled and elderly Medicare beneficiaries will be hit with the largest premium increase in 15 years, Bush administration officials said Friday.
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Sexual performance drugs like Viagra will be covered by Medicare's new prescription benefit beginning next year, along with medications for other conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease, Health and Human Services officials said Tuesday.
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U.S. health officials on Thursday  approved over-the-counter sales for an at-home heart  defibrillator that proponents hope will save more people from  sudden cardiac death.
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A patient in the US is the first in the country to receive a implant device that automatically detects early symptoms of congestive heart failure.
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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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NEW YORK  - Over the last decade, the use  of angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting to treat  elderly heart patients has increased, and outcomes of these  procedures have improved.
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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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The federal government today launched a program that provides increased Medicaid payments to doctors that use electronic health records.
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US Medicare officials sought a compromise with private insurers on Monday by dividing the country into more regions, a ruling that could encourage more firms to broaden
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The latest advance in heart failure treatment is a kind of support hose for the heart, an elastic mesh sleeve that squeezes enlarged hearts into a more normal