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EKOS™ Endovascular System

EKOS reimbursement

Updated reimbursement for EKOS procedures

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year 2024 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rates and policies. Effective October 1, 2023, EKOS Medical Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) are reassigned to a new category, "Ultrasound Accelerated." The DRG assignment for pulmonary embolism treatment saw a weighted increase of 9%. Reimbursement for EKOS peripheral vascular (including DVT treatment) DRG assignments increased by 36% and 22%.

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+168%*

for pulmonary embolism procedures

+227%*

for vascular procedures

Since the fiscal year 2020, qualifying pulmonary embolism procedures increased by +168% and qualifying vascular procedures increased by +227%. The coding guide shows you how to map codes to the appropriate diagnosis-related groups.

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References

*Weighted averages based on distribution of MS-DRGs from CMS’ Final IPPS FY 2021, MedPAR Vol 7b