NANS, along with 11 medical societies, presses Humana on coverage for closed-loop SCS

Last December we alerted you to coverage issues around closed-loop SCS. Humana, Evicore, Cigna, and UPMC all had policies that characterized the therapy as “experimental, investigational and/or unproven.” Thanks to the efforts of the Multi-Society Pain Workgroup, Evicore and Cigna both revised their policies this spring. At the end of this summer, Humana followed suit but left the language in place for commercial coverage. Earlier this month, NANS led efforts with the MPW to issue this letter to Humana, urging them to follow the example of their Medicare Advantage plan to revise their policy.