Medicare is the largest public payer in the U.S. Since Medicare is a public insurance provider, their process is quite rigorous, and all of their rules must be posted for review. This section includes Medicare policies, rules, and memos for heart failure procedures.
For dates of service on and after July 1st, 2020, providers can provide pulmonary artery pressure sensor implant (CPT‡ 33289) and remote monitoring services (CPT‡ 93264) for appropriately indicated Medicare patients based on reasonable and medically necessary guidelines similar to the other Medicare contractors. This means that MACs will implicitly cover wireless pulmonary artery sensor implants and remote monitoring based on medical appropriateness and the FDA approved indication. Providers should continue to document medical necessity of the CardioMEMS™ HF System for their patients.
As of July 1st, 2020, Novitas Solutions, Inc. (NOVITAS) and First Coast Service Options, Inc. (FCSO) retired their local non-coverage policies (LCD L36419 and LCD L33777) for the CardioMEMS™ HF System. Novitas is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) that administers the Medicare claims for DE, MD, NJ, PA, DC, AR, CO, LA, MS, NM, OK and TX. FCSO is the MAC for FL, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
For dates of service on and after July 1st, 2020, providers can provide pulmonary artery pressure sensor implant (CPT‡ 33289) and remote monitoring services (CPT‡ 93264) for appropriately indicated Medicare patients based on reasonable and medically necessary guidelines similar to the other Medicare contractors. This means that Novitas and FCSO will implicitly cover wireless pulmonary artery sensor implants and remote monitoring based on medical appropriateness and the FDA approved indication, and the claims processing edits for denying the aforementioned procedure codes will be removed. Providers should continue to document medical necessity of the CardioMEMS™ HF System for their patients.
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