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Hospitals
Hospital for Special Surgery Joins with Transcarent to Provide Leading Self-Insured Employers with a New Health and Care Experience for Employees
Self-Insured Employers Can Now Leverage Transcarent Centers of Excellence for Employee Access to the World’s Top Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal SpecialistsTranscarent…
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Spine
ZimVie Announces Positive Policy Decision from Anthem for Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering, Expanding Coverage to 30+ Million Lives
The Tether™ device now considered “medically necessary” for treatment of pediatric scoliosis. WESTMINSTER, Colo., July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —…
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Spine
Genesys Spine Partners with PRIA Healthcare to Improve Patient Coverage
AUSTIN, Texas, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — To assist with patient reimbursement solutions, Austin-based medical device manufacturer Genesys Spine is partnering with PRIA…
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Spine
Major Commercial Third Party Payer in Utah and Idaho Significantly Expands Patient Access to Centinel Spine’s prodisc® L for One- and Two-level Lumbar Total Disc Replacement
– A major commercial third party payer in Utah and Idaho, representing 837,000 covered lives, has established positive coverage for both one- and…
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Financial
AHA asks UnitedHealthcare to rescind revised policy on emergency coverage
The hospital advocacy group said patients will likely be caught unawares when coverage for emergency care is denied. January 3,…
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Financial
CMS wants to pull Trump-era pathway that speeds up Medicare coverage of breakthrough medical devices
by Robert King | Sep 13, 2021 The Biden administration wants to pull a controversial Trump-era regulation that would hasten Medicare coverage of…
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Financial
UnitedHealthcare looks to retroactively deny emergency room claims
The policy is an attempt to curb healthcare costs, but some providers are worried it could lead to lower reimbursement.…
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Sports Medicine
Vericel Announces Expansion of MACI Coverage by UnitedHealthcare to Include Patella and Multiple Cartilage Defects in the Knee
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vericel Corporation (NASDAQ:VCEL), a leader in advanced therapies for the sports medicine…
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Regulatory
SI-BONE, Inc. Announces that Humana Establishes Exclusive Coverage for iFuse in MIS SI Joint Fusion Procedures
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SI-BONE, Inc., (Nasdaq: SIBN) a Silicon Valley-based medical device company dedicated…
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Extremities
NFL Retirees’ Coverage: Now Man-to-Man, Head-to-Toe, and Coast-to-Coast
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. There is “man-to-man” coverage on the field and now, with the help of 12 of the…
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Spine
Centinel Spine Launches New Program to Expand Reimbursement Coverage for prodisc® L Lumbar Total Disc Replacement
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Centinel Spine®, LLC, the largest privately-held spine company focused on anterior column reconstruction, today announced…
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Spine
Updated Guidelines Significantly Expand Patient Access to Centinel Spine’s prodisc® L Lumbar Total Disc Replacement
NEW YORK, July 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Centinel Spine®, LLC, the largest privately-held spine company focused on anterior column reconstruction, today announced…
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COVID-19
Aetna to cover cost of coronavirus hospital treatment for many members
March 25, 2020 / By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) – Many Aetna policyholders will not have to pay for coronavirus treatment if they…
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Financial
CMS considers extending hip and knee replacement payment model for another 3 years
by Robert King | Feb 20, 2020 The Trump administration wants to keep a hip and knee replacement bundled payment model going for…
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Spine
SI-BONE, Inc. Announces CIGNA Establishes Positive Coverage for MIS SI Joint Fusion using the iFuse Implant System
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SI-BONE, Inc., (Nasdaq: SIBN), a Silicon Valley-based medical device company dedicated…
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