Health Policy Affairs

On May 12, SIR along with 10 other medical societies sent a letter to 16 separate insurance companies highlighting results from a recent meta-analysis that examines the impact of treatment timing on outcomes for patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) treated using balloon kyphoplasty.

With this new Level IA evidence, we urge each of the commercial payers to update their coverage policy criteria to permit earlier surgical intervention within four weeks for the treatment of VCF.