Medicare Add-On Payments Granted For Cardiac, Neuro Devices
CMS agreed to grant new tech add-on payments to St. Jude’s CardioMEMS implantable heart failure monitoring system and Abbott’s MitraClip mitral valve repair system, but it took some convincing. The agency also granted an add-on for NeuroPace’s RNS responsive neurostimulator system to treat seizures.
CMS has approved hospital inpatient new technology add-on payments for St. Jude Medical Inc.CardioMEMSHF heart-failure monitoring system and Abbott Laboratories Inc.’s MitraClip transcatheter mitral valve repair system.
CMS initially signaled doubts about the data supporting the systems, but information more recently provided by the manufacturers has apparently...
