ZimVie announced that health insurance organizations Highmark and BCBS North Dakota have issued positive medical policy decisions applicable to vertebral body tethering (VBT). The policies outline the criteria for medical necessity and expand potential treatment eligibility to patients indicated for VBT within the 4+ million members covered under Highmark and the 280,000+ lives covered by BCBS North Dakota.
ZimVie’s Tether non-fusion scoliosis treatment is reported to be the first and only FDA-approved device for VBT. Its humanitarian device exemption (HDE) was granted based on over seven years of clinical data validating the safety and effectiveness of The Tether in scoliosis correction. Over 1,300 children have received The Tether since HDE approval in 2019, with approximately 65 U.S. surgeons performing the procedure today.
The Tether offers an alternative to fusion, though for patients who do not adequately respond to the treatment, fusion is still possible.
ZimVie announced that health insurance organizations Highmark and BCBS North Dakota have issued positive medical policy decisions applicable to vertebral body tethering (VBT). The policies outline the criteria for medical necessity and expand potential treatment eligibility to patients indicated for VBT within the 4+ million members covered under...
ZimVie announced that health insurance organizations Highmark and BCBS North Dakota have issued positive medical policy decisions applicable to vertebral body tethering (VBT). The policies outline the criteria for medical necessity and expand potential treatment eligibility to patients indicated for VBT within the 4+ million members covered under Highmark and the 280,000+ lives covered by BCBS North Dakota.
ZimVie’s Tether non-fusion scoliosis treatment is reported to be the first and only FDA-approved device for VBT. Its humanitarian device exemption (HDE) was granted based on over seven years of clinical data validating the safety and effectiveness of The Tether in scoliosis correction. Over 1,300 children have received The Tether since HDE approval in 2019, with approximately 65 U.S. surgeons performing the procedure today.
The Tether offers an alternative to fusion, though for patients who do not adequately respond to the treatment, fusion is still possible.
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