US Medicare to analyse registries use before ICDs database follow-ups
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
US plans for a patient registry have made it possible for Medicare officials to cover implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), despite insufficient outcomes evidence on certain patient populations. But now, health plan officials say they want to have more confidence in how to use these databases before they will back a registry for another major product or procedure.