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Medicare revises coverage for controversial devices

January 9, 2015Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor

WASHINGTON - Providers of vacuum erection devices (VEDs) were dealt a one-two blow last month.Medicare will no longer pay for the devices (L7900) under Medicare Part B, unless the beneficiary also needs related prescription drugs under Medicare Part D effective July 1, 2015. The provision was included in the A.B.L.E. Act, which President Obama signed into law Dec. 19.“There is more than 25 years of research, thousands of patients, and hundreds of doctors to show the medical benefit of VEDs,”...

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