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    RE: Life Vest

    Posted in: The Pulse

    I have a side gig as a patient service rep for Zoll fitting patients with lifevests. I'm curious as to why you would feel the need to remove the life vest for exercise? There is plenty of room to place electrodes around the vest. The patients are advised ...

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    Hi Kim There is no CMS requirement that the CR eligibility criteria for pts with chronic systolic HF be written on the referral. That information only needs to be documented somewhere. Do they also refuse to pre-cert pts unless the referral specifically ...

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    Hi all, me again with more billing questions. I am being told by my pre-authorization people that the only way traditional Medicare will cover a heart failure referral is if the diagnosis includes not only the EF of less than or equal to 35% but also ...

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