article_snippet: The pacemaker, which is similar to a pacemaker that goes into heart, is placed in the stomach and is used to assist the muscles in breaking down the food which enters the body.
article_snippet: There’s no Medicare item number for the device
article_snippet: they will pay for the hospital stay, the cost of the surgeon and the abdominal surgery because they all have Medicare item numbers so we have to pay for the device we.'