tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 20

PHYSICIANS: CMS Issues Technology Assessment For Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty

Results could erase current carrier coverage policiesThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has moved one step closer to a national coverage determination for percutaneous vertebroplasty and percutaneous kyphoplasty for vertebral fractures caused by osteoporosis and malignancy.Unfortunately, the technology assessment seems inconclusive. The researchers decided "the available evidence does not permit conclusions regarding the effect" of the two procedures on health outcomes. They also said it hasn't yet been demonstrated whether they improve health outcomes "in the investigational setting. Therefore, it cannot be demonstrated whether improvement is attainable outside the investigational settings."CMS will host a meeting of...

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