MRI And Cardiac-Rhythm Devices: A Match Made In Medicare

A proposed coverage policy from the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would not only cover magnetic resonance imaging for patients with an implanted cardiac rhythm management device with an FDA-approved indication for MRI-compatibility, but will also cover MRI in patients with devices without that FDA labeling in certain circumstances.

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is considering changing its national coverage on policy on magnetic resonance imaging to cover imaging of patients with implanted cardiac rhythm management devices without a coverage-with evidence-development condition.

"We propose that the evidence is sufficient to conclude that magnetic resonance imaging for Medicare beneficiaries with an implanted pacemaker, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker, or cardiac resynchronization...

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