“I think now the government has realized…the work that’s involved in this procedure…[and] we’re now being reimbursed at an appropriate level,” says David M. Albala, MD.
In this video, David M. Albala, MD, discusses how the recent change made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding Rezum water vapor therapy will open the doors for more patients to receive this minimally invasive treatment. Albala is a urologist at Associate Medical Professionals and chief of urology at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, New York.
Academic, private practice urologists collaborate to change BPH reimbursement
April 1st 2024"We really aimed to affect 3 different contraindications and instead achieved retirement of the entire policy, which, we think, really opens up this wonderful technology to literally hundreds of thousands more patients across the country," says Arpeet Shah, MD.