Profound Medical Announces CMS Extension of Temporary ‘Code’ for TULSA to ASC Setting
TORONTO, Nov. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Profound Medical Corp. (NASDAQ:PROF; TSX:PRN) (“Profound” or the “Company”), a commercial-stage medical device company that develops and markets customizable, incision-free therapies for the ablation of diseased tissue, announced today that, pursuant to the 2024 Final Rule published yesterday by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), use of HCPCS C code, C9734, previously established for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), has been extended for use in the Ambulatory Surgical Center (“ASC”) setting, and that MRI-Monitored Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation (“TULSA”) of prostate tissue, performed using Profound’s TULSA-PRO® system, has been assigned device-intensive status. The ASC extension will go into effect on January 1, 2024.