To qualify for payment, providers must
implant cardiac defibrillators only in patients with pre-specified
clinical conditions. CMS is requiring stakeholders including
specialty societies, industry, health plans and hospital
associations to create systematic clinical data bases or registries
to be reimbursed for ICDs implanted for primary
prevention.
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USC 1395y Name of Law: Exclusions from Coverage and Medicare as
a Secondary Payer
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