An innovative procedure called endovascular thrombectomy may be a game changer for those who have a stroke. Getty Images/iStockphoto For decades, there has been scant progress in treating one of the ...

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Effective January 1, 2026, the Vivistim® procedure is assigned to New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification 1580, with ...

More than 100 people in Northern Colorado are surviving their past experience with stroke with fewer deficiencies thanks to a procedure now being offered by UCHealth. Prior to 2023, the nearest place ...

Swift treatment by this procedure significantly improves recovery by reducing brain damage, the Stroke Association said ...

When a person is having an acute stroke, every minute of delayed treatment means a higher risk of permanent brain damage. A new procedure, available at UNC Hospitals, hopes to increases a person’s ...

Alexander Whiting, MD, neurosurgeon and director of epilepsy surgery at AHN's Neuroscience Institute, recently performed the first VNS procedures for stroke recovery in western Pennsylvania. The ...

By establishing a payment level that is aligned with the resources required to support the Vivistim procedure, CMS's decision helps ensure that hospitals can offer this therapy on a sustainable basis, ...