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CardioWest™ Artificial Heart Approved For Highest Reimbursement in CMS History : Plus Up To $53,000 New Technology Add-on Payments
Date:8/7/2008

On July 31, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final decision to reimburse the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) through the highest paying Diagnostic Related Group codes, MS-DRG 001 and 002. In addition, CMS also approved the CardioWest artificial heart for new technology add-on payments for FY 2009, which starts Oct. 1, 2008.

TUCSON, Ariz. (Business Wire EON) August 7, 2008 -- On May 1, 2008, CMS reversed its 1986 non-coverage policy for artificial hearts and approved Medicare reimbursement for the CardioWest artificial heart when implanted as part of an FDA study that meets CMS specifications. For more than two decades prior to this decision, Medicare denied reimbursement for the CardioWest artificial heart.

In the July 31 decision, CMS agreed that, "the TAH-t fulfills a role that no other mechanical circulatory support device can for patients in irreversible biventricular failure."

The thresholds for new technology add-on payments for MS-DRGs 001 and 002 are $345,031 and $178,142 respectively and are retroactive to May 1, 2008. CMS also finalized a new technology add-on payment for the CardioWest artificial heart of up to $53,000, starting Oct. 1, 2008.

"We continue to believe that the TAH-t meets the newness criterion despite having received FDA approval more than three years ago because it was not covered by Medicare until May 1, 2008," the CMS decision stated.

"This decision helps ensure that our hospitals receive adequate reimbursement for the life-saving artificial heart technology they provide," said Rodger Ford, CEO and president of SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the CardioWest artificial heart. "In the past, hospitals and their patients have experienced great success with our device, but hospitals risked taking substantial economic losses in or
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