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Transplant Advocates Sound Alarm Over Proposed Medicare Test Coverage Policy

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— Proposed rules would decrease early detection of organ rejection, they say

By Joyce Frieden

WASHINGTON — Heart transplant patient Eddie Garcia was “feeling like a million bucks” one day in the summer of 2021. He had just gotten back from a 3-mile walk, something he couldn’t do prior to his transplant in 2020 — “There was a time when I couldn’t walk down to my mailbox and back without huffing and puffing,” Garcia said Tuesday at a press conference at the Cannon House Office Building here. Read the full article in MedPage Today.

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Letter to the Editor: Medicare

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Written and submitted by Robert Lalley of Silver Spring.

As a heart transplant recipient, I am upset by recent Medicare coverage rollbacks by private contractors that limit some patients’ ability to receive simple diagnostic blood tests that detect early signs of organ transplant rejection so doctors can make rapid treatment decisions. This is very concerning because research shows that one out of three heart transplants fail after 5 years, making proactive monitoring essential to patient care.
Read the full article in The Sentinel Newspapers.

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