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Artificial hearts not tied to studies in new Medicare change

from Bloomberg Law

Artificial hearts not tied to studies in new Medicare change Bloomberg Law More patients could get artificial hearts under a proposal to cut requirements that beneficiaries enroll in a federally approved clinical study to get Medicare coverage. The proposed rule, released Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, would require certain private insurers with Medicare contracts to consider “a beneficiary’s particular clinical circumstances to determine which patients will benefit from receiving an artificial heart,” the agency said in a statement. READ MORE

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