Health Policy
HRS promotes high-quality patient care, and represents the legal, advocacy, regulatory, clinical, and basic research interests and educational goals of heart rhythm specialists.
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
HEART RHYTHM 2022
Join your colleagues in San Francisco or online to exchange, discuss, and debate the latest ground-breaking science. You can find the Quality Improvement program through downloading the mobile app or using the online planner.
- Sex and Gender in Cardiac Implantable Device Development - On Demand
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The US FDA will present challenges and opportunities to enhance inclusion of women in device development.
- Digital Health and the Future of Personalized Healthcare
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Learn about the current digital health landscape (e.g., wearable technology, CIED remote programming) and regulatory processes for evaluating the safety of remote monitoring/programming.
Join us at 8 - 9 am (Pacific) on Fri, Apr 29
- EP Devices: Utilization, Complications, and Safety Advisories
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Learn about EP device issues ranging from LAAO complications, CRT-D utilization, CIED recalls, and the learning curve for catheter ablation.
Join us at 9:15 - 10:15 am (Pacific) on Sat, Apr 30
- Device Advisories and the Recent Battery of Battery Problems
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Why do battery failures occur, when do they lead to CIED recalls, and how can you monitor patients with an affected device?
Join us at 10 - 11 am (Pacific) on Sat, Apr 30
- Treating AFib: Care Pathways, and the Effect of Bleeding Events, Sex, and BMI on Outcomes
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Learn about a treatment algorithm for patients seen in the ED with AF, and examine AF outcomes in women, in obese patients, and in patients bleeding events.
Join us at 2:15 - 3:15 pm (Pacific) on Sat, Apr 30
- The "How To" and "What To Know" for a Successful EP Practice
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Discuss everyday practical issues that clinical EPs face, such as implementing SDM into the workflow, getting preauthorization for procedures, and advocating to hospital administration.
Join us at 1 - 2 pm (Pacific) on Sun, May 1
- Health Policy Poster Sessions
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Featured Posters: Health Policy at Abstract Pavilion Pod 14
12:30 - 2:30 pm (Pacific)
Fri, Apr 29
Abstract Pavilion Pod 09
10 am - 12 pm (Pacific)
Sat, Apr 30
Abstract Pavilion Pod 09
12:30 - 2:30 pm (Pacific)
Sun, May 1
Catheter Ablation and Health Policy at Abstract Pavilion Pod 15
12:30 - 2:30 pm (Pacific)
Sun, May 1