A minimally invasive technique for treating lumbar spine stenosis is being reconsidered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services after the agency handed down a national policy in 2014 restricting coverage to controlled clinical trials.
Percutaneous image-guided lumbar decompression (PILD) instrument manufacturer Vertos Medical Inc. requested the reconsideration of the current coverage-with-evidence-development (CED) policy in a March 27 letter to CMS; the agency opened...