Medicare May Delay Heart Device Payment
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A new group of patients that qualifies  for Medicare reimbursement for implantable heart defibrillators  may have to wait a few days longer until payment is available,  the federal government said on Thursday.
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Medical device stocks were in the spotlight Wednesday with Medicare&#39;s proposal late Tuesday to expand coverage for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICDs, bolstering shares of those companies making the devices.
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WASHINGTON The government has given its approval to a temporary artificial heart. It&#39;s one that would be used for patients at risk of dying within 30 days while waiting for a heart transplant.
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When people enroll in a Medicare drug plan later this year, the first option for paying their monthly premiums will no longer be through a deduction in their Social Security check. Instead, the government will encourage beneficiaries to pay insurers directly.
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Time's running out to switch your Part D provider.
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It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail
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The US government on Tuesday proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly, potentially life-saving implanted heart devices, a decision expected to benefit makers Guidant Corp.
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It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail.
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Medicare said it 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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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday was divided over whether current data warrant changes to drug-coated heart stent labels for their use in patients with more medical complications unapproved for the device.
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Even with Medicare, you'll end up paying nearly half of your health-care expenses, so if you don't have retiree coverage from your employer, you may want supplemental insurance. Make sure you have what you need.
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The F.D.A.'s oversight of a defibrillator may reveal shortcomings in its regulation of medical devices.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- New research has convinced Medicare officials that doubling or tripling the use of implantable defibrillators to treat heart failure is economically justifiable.
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A key Medicare coverage decision,  expected as early as Wednesday afternoon, could vastly expand  the $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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NEW YORK  - Heart patients who are anemic  before they undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)  may be at increased risk of death following the procedure,  according to a report in Journal of the American College of  Cardiology.
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More U.S. Medicare beneficiaries  with severe hearing loss could soon receive implantable devices  that help recreate sound, government officials said in a  proposal on Friday.
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Most elderly and disabled people on Medicare will see their premiums rise to $93.50 a month next year, a 5.6 percent increase that is much lower than had been anticipated.