tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post64515471422213308..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: New CMS National Coverage Decision for Pacemakers Begins TodayDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-43219950922256474492014-10-25T07:07:27.577-05:002014-10-25T07:07:27.577-05:00Having been the very happy recipient of a pacemake...Having been the very happy recipient of a pacemaker two days ago i must say that your post lacks credibility because it gives the impression that you hate doctors and don't care much for your husband either. You may well have some reason for your complaints but your presentation of them is off-putting and gives rise to suspicion of hidden motives in your case. Do yoursef a favor and talk toDick Meehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16802562194227631780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-508035948609521742014-07-08T13:18:48.443-05:002014-07-08T13:18:48.443-05:00Oh yeah, coercion, don't doubt it. He was tol...Oh yeah, coercion, don't doubt it. He was told by a whole pack of white coats that he could never get better, HAD to have the device, had NO choice, and "we wouldn't feel comfortable LETTING you leave without a pacemaker". Reasonable questions I asked about this prognosis were ignored, and when he was magically cured by belated correct drug treatment shortly before the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-71640250902756494412014-07-07T16:34:00.135-05:002014-07-07T16:34:00.135-05:00"Brutally coerced"?"Brutally coerced"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-61115179643041961602014-07-07T13:33:28.475-05:002014-07-07T13:33:28.475-05:00The NCD effective date was actually just delayed,...The NCD effective date was actually just delayed, although the new criteria for a pacemaker were actually effective in August, 2013. I suspect the NCD was delayed due to clarification on the billing technicalities. Ronald Hirsch, MDhttp://www.ronaldhirsch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-56954544178750305972014-07-07T12:54:29.286-05:002014-07-07T12:54:29.286-05:00My husband was brutally coerced into getting an un...My husband was brutally coerced into getting an unnecessary pacemaker for "irreversible bradycardia" that had vanished by the time of the operation (they only started dishing out adequate lasix for his acute flutter-associated heart failure after he signed the form). They also installed it disastrously wrong, resulting in a further malpractice cascade - for which we didn't sue, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com