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CMS to pay $50 more for some NTIOLs
Ambulatory Surgery Reimbursement Update, February 7, 2006
CMS has announced that it will reimburse an additional $50 under Medicare for intraocular lenses by Advanced Medical Optics on the basis that they are new technology intraocular lenses (NTIOLs), according to the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association .
The increase in reimbursement will begin February 27 and continue for five years.
To view the notice in the Federal Register about the reimbursement increase, click here.
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