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New Pathway Proposed to Speed Medicare Coverage

Published: 14 July 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a program for qualifying breakthrough devices to secure Medicare reimbursement.

Advocacy Spotlight: Congressional Awareness Event Highlights Focused Ultrasound

Published: 22 June 2023

Patients, physicians, and industry representatives advocated for increased funding and access for focused ultrasound.

Prostate Treatment Reimbursement Milestone: Profound's Device Earns Payment Codes

Published: 14 June 2023

The American Medical Association has issued three Category I CPT® codes for Profound Medical’s prostate ablation TULSA-PRO device.

Affordability and Access: The Barriers to Noninvasive Therapies for Women

Written by Jessica Foley, PhD

Published: 11 May 2023

In this blog, the Foundation’s Chief Scientific Officer discusses the factors negatively affecting women’s healthcare, using focused ultrasound for uterine fibroids as a model.

Carthera’s SonoCloud-9 Device Facilitates Delivery of Chemotherapy to Glioblastomas

Published: 10 May 2023

Results from a US clinical trial using the SonoCloud-9® device for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma were published in The Lancet Oncology.

A New Tool to Diagnose Parkinson’s Disease Pilot Returns to the Sky After Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential Tremor First Patient Treated in HistoSonics’ Kidney Tumor Trial Focused Ultrasound Offers Sustained Relief from Chronic Neuropathic Pain Focused Ultrasound for Pediatric Brain Tumors: Clinical Trial Begins in Toronto