Recent decisions on PET scans and defibrillators point to a new trend toward faster coverage, but with provisos for doctors.
By David Glendinning, AMNews staff. Oct. 25, 2004.
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Washington -- Physicians who want Medicare to start paying for new uses of cutting-edge medical technology much more quickly than it has in the past could be finally getting their wish. But doctors had better be prepared to do some extra work for it.
Federal officials recently proposed expanding Medicare coverage of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), which have been approved for more than a year for use in a limited number of patients with coronary disease. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services anticipates that the list of qualified recipients will jump by one-third, to nearly a half-million as a result.
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