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Cardiac Rehab Could See Broader Coverage From CMS
Published on Tue Dec 10, 2013
Chronic heart failure may join the list soon. CMS may expand cardiac rehabilitation coverage to patients with chronic heart failure, according to a proposed decision memo. The definition used for chronic heart failure is “left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% or less and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II to IV symptoms despite being on optimal heart failure therapy [...]