Swedish radiation therapy and oncology device developer Elekta said that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has raised the reimbursement payment for cobalt-60-based stereotactic radiosurgery, which includes Gamma Knife treatment delivery.
The payment coding for the procedure, HCPCS G0243, is under a clinical ambulatory payment classification, APC 0127, according to the Stockholm-based Elekta.
Effective this year, payment for Gamma Knife surgery under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS), as published by CMS, will be increased by 28% as compared with the reimbursement rates for 2005, Elekta said.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
January 12, 2006
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