Series
Surgical methods
Status
Published
Date
Number of report
040
Vascular access for long-term use: AV fistula and AV graft
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The report presents a summary of the reimbursement situation for creation of vascular access for long-term use in Europe. Report includes creation of AV fistula and placement of AV graft.
Sample pages are provided for an older version of the report. Before delivery to the client, the report is updated to the current state (e.g., 2022 coding, tariffs, and policy considerations).
The only reimbursement within public / statutory health insurance systems is considered.
The report includes essential information about reimbursement, including:
- Brief country-specific overview of reimbursement system
- Procedure coding for technology
- Diagnosis coding
- Payment mechanism for technology
- Reimbursement tariffs for technology
- Restrictions on indications or scenarios for the use of technology
- Policy considerations by payers and policy-makers about technology
Reimbursement information is provided for the following geographies:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- England (UK)
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- Sweden
- Switzerland
It is also possible to add analysis in Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Russia and Turkey.
Manufacturers of devices for vascular access for long-term use include:
- B. Braun – AV Fistula Needles with MasterGuard anti-stick needle protector
- Browndove - Pristine AV Fistula needle
- CR Bard - LUTONIX 035 DCB – Dysfunctional AV Fistula Indication; VECTRA, VENAFLO II, CARBOFLO, IMPRA Vascular Grafts; FLUENCY Plus Endovascular Stent Graft
- Dialife – Butterfly AV Fistula Needle
- Farmasol - Diarenneedle A.V. Fistula Needle Set
- Fresenius – Nipro, JMS Fistula Needles
- Global Medikit – Glofin AV Fistula Needle set
- Global Meditronic - AV Fistula Needles
- Gore - GORE ACUSEAL Vascular Graft
- Guangdong Baihe Medical Technology – AV Fistula Needle; Long Term Hemodialysis Catheter
- Hospitech - AV Fistula Needles
- InnAVasc - AV Graft
- JMS North America Corporation – AV Fistula Needles – SysLocMINI, SysLoc, WingEater, Harmony
- Laminate Medical Technologies - VasQ
- Maquet - FLIXENE Vascular Grafts
- Merit Medical - HeRO Graft
- Nipro Medical Corporation - Tulip Safety Fistula Needles
- NxStage Medical - AV Fistula Needles
- Perfect Medical - AV fistula needles set
- PolyMed - AV Fistula Needles
- Rudraksh Pharma & Surgico - AV Fistula Needles
- TVA Medical - everlinQ endoAVF System
- Vascular Flow Technologies - Spiral Flow AV Graft
- Vascular Genesis – HYDRA graft
- Vascutek Terumo - Rapidax graft
- Wesley Biotech - AV Fistula Needle Sets
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