US Medicare set to pass on Johnson & Johnson's Charite spinal disc in 2006?
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Medicare officials are raising doubts about whether they will approve a new technology add-on payment for Johnson & Johnson's Charite Artificial Disc. The disc, which was approved in October 2004 by the FDA, is intended as an alternative to spinal fusion in treating patients with back pain due to degenerative spinal discs.