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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
Guidelines & Protocols
CMS Releases Updates to Physician Fees for CY 2021
September 1, 2020 – On August 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare…
September 1, 2020
Comment Letter
HRS Letter to White House Coronavirus Task Force on Data Collection Standards
On August 3, 2020, HRS submitted a letter to the White House Coronavirus Task Force recommending that hospital data collections remain consistent and transparent.
August 17, 2020
Comment Letter
HRS Advises UnitedHealthcare to Suspend its Implementation of Prior Authorization Rules for Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
The Heart Rhythm Society and the American College of Cardiology sent a letter to UnitedHealthcare advising that it suspends the implementation of prior authorization rules…
July 16, 2020
Clinical Best Practices
Heart Rhythm Society Health Policy Principles
The Heart Rhythm Society’s advocacy efforts focus on issues of critical importance to patients with heart rhythm disorders, including the commitment to evidence-based, guidelines-driven, affordable…
January 24, 2020
Guidelines & Protocols
2020 Average Medicare Fees for EP Services
November 21, 2019 – The average Medicare physician fees for EP services…
November 21, 2019
Comment Letter
HRS Comments on FDA’s 2020 Guidance Priorities
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has released its final and draft guidance publication priorities for the 2020…
November 13, 2019
Comment Letter
Proposed Revisions to Medicare’s Quality Payment Program for CY 2020
HRS submitted it comments on the proposed revisions to the Medicare Quality Payment Program for 2020.
September 19, 2019
Comment Letter
2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Read our comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020.
September 9, 2019
Comment Letter
Place of Heath Care Policy in EP Fellowship
Fred M. Kusumoto, MD, FHRS and Pamela K. Mason, MD, FHRS discuss how to incorporate healthcare policy into the training of young physicians.
May 21, 2019
Comment Letter
HRS Submits Comments on the Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year (CY) 2021
September 21, 2020