Medicare reimbursement for TUNA (transurethral needle ablation) in Florida:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The US state of Florida has granted Medicare reimbursement for VidaMed's transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia with effect from January 1 next year. Florida has the second largest Medicare covered population in the US and Fremont, California-based VidaMed estimates that 2.2 million men over the age of 50 will have access to the TUNA procedure.