Signify Premium Insight: Reimbursement Raises Prospects for Cardiac Plaque AI

Cleerly recently joined the very exclusive club of medical imaging AI vendors whose solutions are now deemed eligible for reimbursement, with the CMS adding an OPPS code for AI-based coronary plaque assessments.

The move means that Cleerly’s plaque AI solution, as well as similar approved solutions from other vendors, now qualify for reimbursement of between $900 and $1,000, when used with Medicare patients scanned in hospital outpatient settings.

The provisioning of a reimbursement code means that Cleerly joins some of medical imaging AI’s most esteemed vendors, such as HeartFlow, and Perspectum, which are increasingly eroding one of the central barriers to the adoption of medical imaging AI: a clear return on investment for adopters.