US Medicare Add-On Payments Granted To NuVasive, Gore
Executive Summary
The Medicare hospital inpatient final rule gives new technology add-on payments to just two devices, Ellipse Technologies's Magec spinal bracing and distraction system, and Gore's Excluder iliac branch endoprosthesis. Two other requests were turned down, and another device was not FDA-approved in time.
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