A new draft National Coverage Determination from the US Medicare agency proposes extending coverage of transcatheter mitral valve repair to certain patients with functional mitral regurgitation. But Sue Peschin, CEO of the Alliance for Aging Research, says minimum surgical procedure thresholds in the draft policy’s coverage requirements are unnecessary.

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