It plans to save $725 million over four years by trimming about 40 percent from payments for this heart test.
Sometimes doctors automatically schedule routine heart tests because they think that's what patients expect.
Budget officials plan to save $725 million by trimming from payments for the heart test.
He went there, and was told by a nurse that a heart test had been scheduled for her.
It may reveal a lack of blood flow that isn't always apparent on other heart tests.
But experts say routine heart tests can be a waste of time and money.
Here are some other reasons why you might need certain kinds of heart tests:
Perhaps Medicare's new plan to support the heart diagnostic test will act as a yellow flag.
Q: Some heart tests are better suited for men.
He was to have entered the hospital for heart tests after Thanksgiving.