Coverage for the procedure went into effect on June 15, and it is now available to Cigna members in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, according to a June 20 press release.
Recently Palmetto GBA, a Medicare contractor covering patients in seven states, also expanded access to basivertebral nerve ablation for more than 5 million patients.
More than 10,000 patients have been treated with Relievant Medsystems’ minimally invasive Intracept procedure, the only FDA-cleared treatment for chronic vertebrogenic low back pain.
