Medicare Approves Transitional Pass-Through Payment for Outpatient Use of Medtronic Drug-Coated Balloon
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved a transitional pass-through payment for Medtronic's IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) under the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS), removing a potential barrier to patient access to this new medical device, which represents a significant improvement to the standard of care for peripheral arterial disease in the upper leg.
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