MTRC Reimbursement Technology Report

A 104-page reimbursement report covers percutaneous, thoracoscopic and open in adjunction to heart surgery ablations in hospital settings. Radiofrequency, cryo and microwave ablation sources were considered. The analysis covers procedure coding, payment mechanism, reimbursement tariffs and policy restrictions in 11 EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

A 150-page reimbursement report covers angiography, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), fractional flow reserve (FFR), cardiac computer tomography (CCT), optical coherence tomography (OCT) for angina and myocardial infarction in hospital settings. Stand-alone application of imaging / diagnostic methods and use in conjunction with percutaneous coronary intervention procedure was considered. The analysis covers procedure coding, payment mechanism, reimbursement tariffs and policy restrictions in 11 EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

A 61-page reimbursement report covers atherectomy for peripheral artery disease in hospital settings. The analysis covers procedure coding, payment mechanism, reimbursement tariff and policy restrictions. The report provides an overview of reimbursement situation in 11 EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

A 155-page reimbursement report covers coronary angioplasty (using a plain and drug-coated balloon, bare metal, drug-eluting and bioresorbable stents), mechanical thrombectomy and atherectomy in hospital settings. The analysis covers procedure coding, payment mechanism, reimbursement tariff and policy restrictions. The report provides an overview of reimbursement situation in 11 EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Report provides overview of procedure coding, payment mechanism, reimbursement tariffs and policy considerations for mechanical and pharmacomechanical (AngioJet, Boston Scientific) thrombectomy, catheter-directed and ultrasound-enhanced catheter-directed (EKOS, BTG) thrombolysis in iliac, femoral and popliteal veins in 11 European countries.

MTRC has completed reimbursement report for robotic surgery in 11 EU countries. Procedure codes are available only in number of geographies, including Belgium, Denmark, England, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Robotic-specific procedure codes are not available in Austria, France, Italy and the Netherlands.

MTRC is working on the number of reimbursement reports including robotic surgery, ablation of heart tissue for atrial fibrillation, coronary imaging and interventional procedures, mechanical thrombectomy for stroke, peripheral intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), and peripheral vascular procedures on veins for deep vein thrombosis.

Since the start of the program of the off-the-shelf reimbursement reports, MTRC has released 12 reports in the areas of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), transapical and transluminal mitral valve repair and replacement procedures, and peripheral vascular interventions, including drug-coated balloons, drug-eluting stents and percutaneous atherectomy.

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This post presents an extract from our reimbursement analysis for angioplasty of arteries of lower extremities with stenting using bare metal and drug-eluting stents for peripheral arterial disease in England, France and Germany. Procedure is reimbursed via combination of diagnosis-related group (DRG) and add-on reimbursement in England and France and solely via DRG in Germany.

Check out reimbursement summary for the most established transcatheter mitral valve repair procedure in England, France and Germany. Reimbursement is established in Germany and France (for one indication). It is in process to be established in England and in France (for other indications).

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