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Novitas Says CMS Has Delayed Implementation of Pacemaker NCD

Novitas Part A announced that CMS will delay implementation of the national coverage determination (NCD) 20.8.3, originally slated for implementation on July 7, 2014. The NCD relates to coverage of pacemakers, single or dual chamber, for the treatment of non-reversible symptomatic bradycardia due to sinus node dysfunction and second and/or third degree atrioventricular block. Cardiology Coding Alert, vol. 17, no. [...]
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