Starting October 28, 2025, Medicare covers Renal Denervation (RDN) for uncontrolled high blood pressure.

You may qualify if you meet all these requirements:

• Your blood pressure stays at or above 140/90 mm Hg, even with treatment.

• Your provider confirms your diagnosis with home or ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. 

• You try recommended medicines and lifestyle changes for at least six weeks.

• Your provider checks and treats other causes, such as sleep apnea or hormone problems.

• You do not have a condition that makes RDN unsafe.

• Your primary doctor manages your blood pressure for six months and sees you at least three times. 

• You have no more than two virtual visits during those three visits.

• You have never had an RDN procedure.

A specially trained doctor must perform RDN. You must get the procedure at a center with a hypertension program and imaging. 

Medicare covers RDN only in a CMS-approved clinical study listed on NCBI. Medicare doesn’t cover RDN outside a CMS-approved study.

Starting October 28, 2025, Medicare covers Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM) for some people with heart failure.

CCM uses a small device to send signals that help your heart pump better.

Medicare covers CCM only in a CMS-approved research study under Coverage with Evidence Development (CED). These studies help Medicare learn how well CCM works.

 You may qualify if you meet these requirements:

• You meet the FDA-approved criteria for CCM.

• You still have symptoms after at least three months of recommended medicines and treatments.

• You do not have any FDA-listed conditions that make CCM unsafe.

• You have not had a heart transplant. 

• You are age 18 or older.

You must get CCM and related services through a CMS-approved study listed on NCBI. 

These studies follow strict rules and include follow-up care.

• They compare CCM to other treatments.

• They track survival and heart failure hospital stays for at least two years.

• They review results by age and other health conditions, such as diabetes and blood pressure. 

• They also review results by heart condition type, CRT use and LVEF.

   

Medicare does not cover CCM for heart failure outside a CMS-approved study.