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Safety Alerts

Update to Safety Notice for Subset of Zenex, Assurity and Endurity Pacemakers

Abbott recently isssued a follow up to the July 2022 Field Safety Notice affecting a specific subset of Zenexâ„¢, Assurityâ„¢, and Endurityâ„¢ pacemakers.

December 21, 2022

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Podcasts

CCEP Program Director Resources

Up-to-date documents related to accreditation of CCEP Fellowship training programs, including the COCATS 4 recommendations, 2020 ACGME Milestones, and ACGME program requirements.

December 19, 2022

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Clinical Guidelines

HRS Policy Statement Update: Recommendations on the Role of Industry-Employed Allied Professionals

The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) released a revised policy statement on the role of industry-employed allied professionals.

October 27, 2022

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Safety Alerts

Abbott Zenex™, Assurity™, and Endurity™  Pacemakers Manufactured Outside the U.S.

Abbott is notifying clinicians of the potential for device malfunction which may impact a specific subset of pacemakers of Zenexâ„¢, Assurityâ„¢, and Endurityâ„¢ families.

August 12, 2022

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Safety Alerts

Safety Notice Regarding Medtronic Cobalt XT, Cobalt, and Crome ICDs and CRT-Ds

Medtronic has notified health care professionals of the potential for Intermittent- Reduced-Energy Shock during high-voltage (HV) therapy for Cobalt and Crome implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)…

June 23, 2022

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Safety Alerts

Merlin Programmer Software and Merlin.net Remote Monitoring Application in the Accent/Anthem and Endurity/Assurity/Allure Family

Abbott has identified the potential for programmer software (MerlinTM PCS) and remote monitoring software applications (Merlin.net) to display overestimated predicted battery longevity for certain pacemakers.

June 21, 2022

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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

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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

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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

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Educational Materials

IAC Cardiac EP Accreditation

The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) is a nonprofit, nationally recognized accrediting organization. The IAC was founded by medical professionals to advance appropriate utilization, standardization and…

March 10, 2022