Reimbursement For Long-Term Cardiac Monitoring Remains Uncertain, iRhythm Reports

Local Medicare carrier Novitas met with monitoring companies to discuss rates for long-term ECG monitoring, but no final decision on recently proposed rate cuts has been reached, iRhythm reported.

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Representatives from cardiac monitoring device manufacturers and professional societies are working together to persuade local Medicare carrier Novitas to reconsider its payment rates for extended cardiac monitoring.

Companies that make wearable cardiac monitors want the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish national Medicare reimbursement...

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