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Heart Rhythm Advocates has a unique mission, but shares a common vision with its founding organization, the Heart Rhythm Society.

VISION

To end death and suffering due to heart rhythm disorders.

MISSION

To advocate and influence public policy for heart rhythm care physicians in delivering quality healthcare, ensuring equitable access, improving patient outcomes and advancing research.

HRA Challenges

There are many issues facing the heart rhythm care physician.  HRA will be working on continuously prioritizing and advocating for the most critical challenges facing physicians, their teams and their patients. 

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A few of the challenges we are facing today:

  • Prior-authorizations – the timing is perfect for addressing the issue by collaborating with other medical societies

  • Increasing patient access through approval of ASC codes for EP procedures

  • Preserving compensation for PFA (requires collaboration with industry)

  • Fair compensation/reimbursement for CRM procedures such as conduction system pacing, leadless pacemakers, cardiac contractility modulation

  • New codes for novel procedures– determining which new procedures to address

  • Maintaining research funding – Industry driven, NIH and other NFP organizations

  • Access to TeleHealth – Great adjunct ride along with prior-authorizations

  • Remote monitoring – reimbursement codes, data generation (on demand/event based vs standard periodic), standardization, quality metrics

  • The need for AFib and SCA Awareness Campaigns

  • Universal CPR training and AED access campaigns

  • Site Neutrality Payments

  • Improved engagement with AMA – membership drive to get a spot on RUC committee.

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