Via: GlobalNewswire
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Silk Road Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: SILK), a company focused on reducing the risk of stroke and its devastating impact, today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), through collaboration with the Society of Vascular Surgery’s Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO) and their Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI), has expanded coverage for TCAR to include standard surgical risk patients within the VQI’s TCAR Surveillance Project (TSP). This decision is effective immediately and comes on the heels of the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for expanded indications for the ENROUTE® Transcarotid Stent System to include patients at high risk and standard risk for adverse events from carotid endarterectomy (CEA).
“This CMS coverage expansion ensures that many more carotid artery disease patients who require treatment have the opportunity to benefit from the minimally invasive approach that our TCAR® system offers,” said Erica Rogers, President and Chief Executive Officer of Silk Road Medical. “We’re grateful to the teams at the FDA, CMS, and SVS for their valuable collaboration and partnership in recognizing the weight of real-world evidence supporting TCAR use in this expanded patient population and the necessity of working to prevent the debilitating impacts of stroke on individuals, their families, and the health system as a whole.”
Read More: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/06/02/2455019/0/en/Silk-Road-Medical-Announces-Expanded-Medicare-Coverage-for-TCAR-in-Standard-Surgical-Risk-Patients.html
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