CMS Authorizes New Payment for EUROPA Posterior Cervical Fusion System

MiRus has received New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the EUROPA Posterior Cervical System—based on its proprietary rhenium alloys—for treating the cervical and upper thoracic spine. 

“We are pleased that CMS has recognized the EUROPA PCF System as the superior option for treating the cervical and upper thoracic spine, enabling hospitals to receive reimbursement through the NTAP program and ensuring Medicare patients have access to this breakthrough technology,” MiRus CHief Commercial Officer Mahesh Krishnan said.

The EUROPA PCF system is built around a 2.9 mm MoRe rod that is much smaller than current commercial systems. The lower diameter rod allows low-profile pedicle screw tulips, leading to less invasive surgery and less hardware prominence in smaller patients. Although they are lower diameter, MoRe rods provide a superior level of rigidity, strength, and fatigue resistance, which reduces the risk of spine rod fractures compared to current systems. The EUROPA PCF System was awarded Breakthrough Device Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

“I have used the 4.5mm MoRe rod TL system for complex cases and have had good results,” stated Han Jo Kim M.D., professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N.Y. “There is tremendous potential in what this proprietary alloy (MoRe) can accomplish in spine surgery, offering implants that are lower profile, more durable and stronger.”

“Currently the rates of spine implant failures and revision surgeries for patients remain unacceptably high,” MiRus Vice President of Regulatory/Quality Jordan Bauman commented. “With EUROPA PCF, spine surgeons will be able to provide durable and less invasive surgery for their cervicothoracic patients. This is another step forward in our mission to provide less invasive and more durable devices across a broad spectrum of disease states.”

MiRus is a life sciences company headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., developing and commercializing proprietary biomaterials and implants that make surgeries less invasive and implants safer and more durable.