Receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) within the last 6 months does not appear to increase a patient’s risk of serious motor vehicle accidents, though some degree of hazard cannot ...

HIMSS announced that it has released an ICD-10 PlayBook Financial Risk Calculator. The tool was developed with Jvion, a health technology firm that specializes in compliance issues. The calculator ...

BERLIN, Germany—Performing ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation before placement of a primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) had a clinical benefit in a selected group of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A single burst of antitachycardia pacing (ATP) reduced risk for shocks in patients with an implantable ...

Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy did not reduce mortality in patients with a prior myocardial infarction, persistent moderate left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ...

Most ICD-10 financial risk information may be targest for CFOs because of their position, but CIOs can benefit from financial risk assessments as well, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Nate Seaman, Associate Vice President, MedeAnalytics: Your compliance department must remain diligent after ICD-10 takes effect. ICD-10 will magnify the potential for documentation and coding ...

February 9, 2006-- Microvolt T-wave alternans (MTWA), an electrocardiographic (ECG) test that measures subtle variations in the heart beat, can identify heart disease patients who are either at high ...

Implementation of the ICD-10-CM/PCS code sets creates a large degree of financial uncertainty and risk for payers. How reimbursement parameters will shift for each individual payer is only a matter of ...

WEDI: 3 ways ICD-10 testing can minimize risk for small physician practices The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange released a whitepaper on ICD-10 testing for small physician practices, ...

"What's been constant about T-wave alternans throughout the past few years is the negative predictive value," Costantini told heart wire. "If the test is normal, the likelihood of having a cardiac ...