Medicare to Pay for More Heart Devices
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Medicare will soon fund implantable  heart devices for thousands more patients, after publication of  a landmark study finding the devices can save more lives, top  agency officials said in a medical journal on Wednesday.
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Medicare premiums will rise 17.4 percent next year, or $11.60 a month, the largest dollar increase in the program&#39;s 40-year history, the US Health and Human Services Department said Friday.
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The Medicare program is rethinking its blanket coverage for all uses of drug-coated heart stents, a potential blow to Boston Scientific Corp. , Johnson &amp; Johnson, and others in the $6 billion-a-year industry.
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Filling the doughnut hole in Medicare drug plans would cost older people and the disabled about $40 a month more.
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Oct. 7, 2004 - Medicare Advantage plans, the group program option to fee-for-service Medicare, are seeking to expand coverage to 1.6 more seniors and persons with disabilities and also lowering the cost
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A mesh &quot;sleeve&quot; surgically wrapped around the heart has shown promise for helping people with heart failure. Manufacturers of the new device, the Acorn CorCap Cardiac Support
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HE new, sharply higher charges announced for Medicare beneficiaries last week may prompt more elderly people to join Medicare health maintenance organizations operated by private industry
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The U.S. government on Tuesday  proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly, potentially  life-saving implanted heart devices, a decision expected to  benefit makers Guidant Corp., Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude  Medical Inc.
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U.S. Medicare officials proposed expanding coverage of carotid artery stenting procedures to prevent strokes, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
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The U.S. Medicare program will charge   lower than expected premiums next year in the U.S. health   insurance plan for the elderly, but wealthier recipients for   the first time will pay more for doctor visits and other care   outside the hospital.
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CMS officials on Tuesday issued a proposed rule that would expand Medicare coverage for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, a move that would increase the number of eligible beneficiaries by one-third, to about 500,000, the New York Times reports.
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More U.S. Medicare beneficiaries  with severe hearing loss could soon receive implantable devices  that help recreate sound, government officials said in a  proposal on Friday.
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About 500,000 Medicare beneficiaries, some of whom have never suffered cardiac arrest, became eligible for coverage of expensive defibrillators Thursday in a move that could cost &#36;2 billion over five years.
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Federal officials say rising costs, increased payments and some new benefits mean Medicare must raise its Part B premium 17% next year for most of the nearly 42 million seniors and disabled people covered by the program.
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Medicare has agreed to expand coverage by one-third for implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) -- devices used to steady hearts that beat irregularly -- to 500,000 patients, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
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The nationâs most common cardiac malfunction, once thought harmless, is now treated with costly procedures.
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Boston Scientific said Thursday that three of its subsidiaries had agreed to pay $16.75 million and extend the warranty on some of its heart devices as part of a settlement with state attorneys general.