| Subject: | CMS Modifies Facility Criteria for Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Implantation |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Mon, 7 May 2007 - 12:00 am |
| CMS has modified the facility criteria required for CMS approval to perform ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation as destination therapy. The revised criteria reduce the volume requirements for hospitals that implant ventricular assist devices.
The revised criteria are as follows:
VAD implant volume standard has been reduced from 15 VADs to 10 VADs or artificial hearts implanted over a three-year period either as bridge-to-transplant or as destination... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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