Mitral Valve Archives - Heart Valve Voice US https://www.heartvalvevoice-us.org/tag/mitral-valve/ Giving a voice to people with heart valve disease Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:01:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.heartvalvevoice-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Mitral Valve Archives - Heart Valve Voice US https://www.heartvalvevoice-us.org/tag/mitral-valve/ 32 32 HVV US is advocating for patients with mitral valve disease. See our comments to CMS https://www.heartvalvevoice-us.org/hvv-us-is-advocating-for-patients-with-mitral-valve-disease-see-our-comments-to-cms/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:50:20 +0000 https://hvvprod.wpengine.com/?p=10681 Telehealth offers significant advantages to patients of all types, including and especially older Americans with mobility and other age-associated health conditions. We believe telehealth is not a trend but an important tool to facilitate safe, convenient, efficient access for patients. The new minimum surgical procedure thresholds for both new and established TEER programs have no scientific basis, […]

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]]> CMS National Coverage Determination for TMVR Forthcoming https://www.heartvalvevoice-us.org/cms-national-coverage-determination-for-tmvr-forthcoming/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:36:29 +0000 https://hvvprod.wpengine.com/?p=10362 On Feb. 18, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that a decision on a National Coverage Determination (NCD) to cover transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) for the treatment of significant symptomatic functional mitral regurgitation (MR) would be forthcoming. CMS had been  expected to announce its initial decisions about coverage of TMVR […]

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]]> Watch Our Event: A Briefing on Emerging Issues in Mitral Valve Disease https://www.heartvalvevoice-us.org/watch-our-event-a-briefing-on-emerging-issues-in-mitral-valve-disease/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 22:11:11 +0000 https://hvvprod.wpengine.com/?p=10332  Did you miss our briefing on Capitol Hill January 21st, 2020? Watch it now!

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]]> New Developments Expected in 2019 for Minimally Invasive Valve Treatments https://www.heartvalvevoice-us.org/new-developments-expected-in-2019/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 01:10:02 +0000 https://hvvprod.wpengine.com/?p=7152 Mitral Valve Positive Findings A minimally-invasive treatment option for mitral valve regurgitation got a recent boost from a study finding fewer post-treatment hospitalizations for heart failure and also fewer deaths for all reasons. Abbott’s MitraClip is available for patients who are considered high risk for surgery. The valve is third generation technology and is delivered […]

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