Medical device maker Vertos Medical raked in $26 million on Wednesday in a Series C funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. The company, which is based in Aliso Viejo, California, develops ...

Narrowing of the spinal canal can make standing and walking unbearable. The chances of getting lumbar spinal stenosis increases with age. Options include pain medications, steroid injections and ...

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Broad access to the mild procedure has been granted for Medicare patients via a CMS-approved claims-analysis study that will passively collect and analyze real-world data to demonstrate the role of ...

Here are four ambulatory surgery centers that offer unique procedures pain management. If you would like to recommend another surgery center for this list, contact Anuja Vaidya at ...

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Oct. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Vertos Medical Inc., a leader in the development of innovative, minimally invasive treatments for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), today announced the ...

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Vertos Medical Inc., a leader in the development of innovative, minimally invasive treatments for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), announced today that ...

MILD has been around for a few years, but beginning July 1, 2011, CPT codes for the procedure were released. Pain physicians were able to receive reimbursement for performing MILD before the update, ...

Effective January 1, 2021 , the national average ASC reimbursement for CPT 0275T will increase by 41%, from $2,803.35 to $3,941.14 , in recognition of the device cost associated with the procedure.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have liver disease (my doctor calls it mild cirrhosis) and terrible, painful varicose veins. Is it safe for me to get a vein stripping? -- V.P. ANSWER: The risk of an operation ...