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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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OSN Premium
Insurers Throwing Ethical Wrench in Spine Care?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., October 24, 2019 You spot a young man on the ground, holding his neck and…
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Hospitals
Vertos Medical’s mild® Procedure Receives Broad Coverage From Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Vertos Medical, a medical device company committed to developing innovative, minimally invasive treatments…
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Biologics
MiMedx EpiFix Receives Coverage From Aetna
MARIETTA, Ga., Dec. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), the leading regenerative medicine company utilizing human amniotic tissue and patent-protected…
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Spine
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the Fourth Largest Health Insurer in the United States, Establishes Exclusive Positive Coverage Policy for SI-BONE’s iFuse Implant System® for Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — SI-BONE, Inc., an innovative medical device company that pioneered the use of the iFuse Implant…
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Spine
Paradigm Spine, LLC Announces Publication Of ISASS Guidelines Recommending Coverage Of Interlaminar Stabilization®
NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Paradigm Spine, LLC, a leader in providing solutions for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS)…
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Spine
Orthofix Announces NASS Coverage Policy Recommendations for Electrical Bone Growth Stimulators
October 24, 2016 LEWISVILLE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Orthofix International N.V. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a diversified, global medical device company, is pleased to announce the…
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Spine
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska Adopts Positive Coverage for Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that pioneered the use of the…
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