CMS Approves Add-on Payment for Lutonix® Drug-Coated Balloon for Inpatient Use

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MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--C. R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE:BCR) today announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved a new technology add-on payment for the Lutonix® Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB) under the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system. The purpose of the reimbursement is to help cover additional cost to U.S. hospitals for treating Medicare beneficiaries with the Lutonix® DCB in the inpatient setting. CMS determined the amount of the a

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