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Health Policy Efforts Include
- Advocating for standards around the study, treatment, management, and physician reimbursement/coding for cardiac rhythm disorders
- Communicating with CMS, FDA, NIH, Congress
- Promoting optimal patient care
Comment Letter
HRS Signs Letter of Support for Legislation to Stabilize Medicare Physician Payment
HRS and more than 100 national and state medical societies commended House of Representatives Raul Ruiz, Larry Bucshon, Ami Bera, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks for introducing…
April 24, 2023
Comment Letter
HRS Urges Congress to Pass Legislation to Provide Physicians with an Annual Inflation-based Payment Update
The Heart Rhythm Society, along with more than 100 national and state medical societies, sent a letter to Congress calling for legislation to provide physicians…
March 15, 2023
Comment Letter
HRS Survey Assessing Impact of Cuts to Ablation Reimbursement in the US
May 27, 2022 – On January 1, 2022, the U.S. Centers for…
May 27, 2022
Comment Letter
Characteristics of a Rational Medicare Payment System
The Heart Rhythm Society, along with the American Medical Association, and more than 100 other national and state medical societies have endorsed a set of…
May 27, 2022
CMS Releases MIPS Quality Measure Validation Document
CMS recently released its 2022 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Measures Applicability (EMA) and Denominator Reduction User Guide for the MIPS Quality Performance Category.
March 30, 2022
Guidelines & Protocols
National Coverage Determination for ICD
Medicare's updated coverage policy for ICD and an overview of the revisions.
May 23, 2021
Guidelines & Protocols
HRS Supports Use of New Code for Remote Programming of SCRM
HRS and ACC recommend that all Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), state Medicaid plans, and private health insurance companies provide coverage for remote programming of subcutaneous…
April 23, 2021
Guidelines & Protocols
HRS Outreach On Regional Payment for Remote Monitoring
April 21, 2021 – HRS has been in communication with industry regarding…
April 21, 2021
Comment Letter
HRS Comments on Plans to Improve Medicare Access to New Technologies
On April 13, HRS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) urging the Agency to move forward with plans to allow…
April 14, 2021
Comment Letter
End of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
May 11, 2023