mHealth Intelligence March 23, 2023
CMS created the first HCPCS Level II code for a virtual reality program, characterizing it as durable medical equipment and creating a pathway for Medicare and commercial payer coverage.
For the first time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a unique Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II code for a virtual reality program.
The code categorizes the RelieVRx program, the flagship product of virtual reality therapeutics provider AppliedVR, as durable medical equipment (DME). This makes it the first digital therapeutic to be placed in an existing benefit category, according to the press release.
In 2021, the RelieVRx program, formally known as EaseVRx, became the first virtual reality-based digital therapeutic for pain relief to gain...
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