Linkage of Medicare Records to the Interagency Registry of Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support

Conclusions Using a merged data set of MCSDs implanted between 2008 and 2013, we report that the vast majority of CMS centers and Medicare beneficiaries receiving MCSDs are increasingly captured in INTERMACS. Accordingly, contemporary studies in INTERMACS are relevant and generalizable to the Medicare population.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research