tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 44

Part B Payment: CMS Halts Pay for IDET, Other Thermal Intradiscal Procedures

New NCD confirms that no Medicare carrier will reimburse you for these procedures.If you were counting on 2009 to be the year when CMS brought good news to cure your thermal intradiscal procedure payment woes, it's time to pin your hopes on 2010 -- or later.Earlier this year, CMS initiated a national coverage analysis regarding thermal intradiscal procedures, or TIPs, to determine whether these procedures should be payable. On Dec. 8, CMS decided to end the waiting game, and issued a national coverage determination (NCD) on the topic.According to the NCD, "the decision was made that...

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