MEDICARE SHOULD NOT REIMBURSE FOR IMPLANTABLE VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION DEVICE FOR DEPRESSION

Public Citizen Sep. 6 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) not to reimburse for the surgically implanted Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) electronic device in the treatment of severe depression because it is ineffective.

Common Dreams Newswire (http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0906-08.htm)