CMS Extends National Medicare Coverage For Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair

Medicare now covers transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for both functional and degenerative mitral regurgitation under specific conditions.

Mitral valve

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has agreed to provide national Medicare coverage of mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) under a new coverage with evidence development (CED) policy issued on 19 January.

Abbott ’s MitraClip, which clips together the ends of the mitral valve leaflets, is the only TEER device currently...

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