Cyberonics, Inc.
Medicare outpatient reimbursement rates for 2006 for VNS therapy posted
Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, December 9th, 2005
Beginning January 2006, average Medicare reimbursement to hospitals for outpatient implantation of the VNS Therapy System increases 8.6% to $26,649 for the implantation and intra-operative programming of the VNS Therapy Systems as follows: $11,603 under APC 0039 for implantation of neurostimulator, $14,928 under APC 0225 for implantation of neurostimulator electrodes, and $118 under APC 0692 for the intra-operative electrode test.
"Cyberonics is very pleased with Medicare's decision to once again...
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