Author: Ken Dropiewski

CVRx Announces Positive Outpatient Payment for Barostim Procedure in 2025

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CVRx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVRX) (“CVRx”), a commercial-stage medical device company, announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) assigned the Barostim procedure to New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) 1580. The APC payment of approximately $45,000 will continue in 2025, […]

Philips enrolls first patient in U.S. clinical trial for innovative integrated single-device to treat peripheral artery disease

Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced enrollment of the first patient in the U.S. THOR IDE clinical trial, which will study an innovative combined laser atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy catheter developed by Philips, that integrates two critical PAD treatments into a single device. Procedures that previously required the use of two different devices can now be performed in a single procedure using a single device, simplifying workflows and procedures and potentially reducing the risk and improving outcomes for patients who might otherwise face multiple complex interventions.

IRADIMED CORPORATION Named to Fortune’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies List for 2024

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla., Nov. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IRADIMED CORPORATION (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: IRMD) was recently named one of Fortune’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies for 2024. Iradimed is a leader in the development of innovative magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) medical devices and the only provider of a non-magnetic intravenous (“IV”) infusion pump system, and non-magnetic patient vital signs monitoring systems that are designed for use during MRI procedures.

Acarix Expands U.S. Reimbursement Coverage for CADScor System for use in Emergency and Outpatient Settings

MALMÖ, Sweden, Nov. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Acarix, a leader in rapid AI and acoustics-based cardiac diagnostics, announced today that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has decided that the CPT code 0716T – the CADScor® System – shall be assigned to APC 5733…