CMS National Non-Coverage Reversed For Electromagnetic Wound Therapy
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Diapulse's "plausible reasoning" that electromagnetic therapy falls under electrostimulation for chronic wound treatment helped convince CMS to reverse a national non-coverage policy for the indication
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