National Government Services Expands Policy To Cover Capsule Endoscopy Of The Esophagus, USA

Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN), the global leader in capsule endoscopy, today announced that National Government Services (NGS), the Medicare Part B Carrier serving more than 6 million individuals in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky and Indiana, issued a new coverage policy for cirrhotic patients for the evaluation of esophageal varices using capsule endoscopy of the esophagus. The policy becomes effective December 1, 2007. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on October 11th, 2007