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December 12, 2025

INSP: Inspire V Coverage Questions Answered

By John Leppard

Having received a large number of questions on whether Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) might refuse to cover INSP’s Inspire V device under CPT 64568 following CMS’s recent facility rate increase via assignment to a New…

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December 10, 2025

INSP / LIVN: Pricing, Payments & Policy

By John Leppard

With shares of INSP up ~60% since CMS announced a 48% hospital rate increase for Inspire V procedures billed under CPT 64568 in CY26 (+58% for ASCs), we continue to believe that this will be…

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November 22, 2025

INSP, NYXH, LIVN: Surprise (But Short Lived?) Payment Win

By John Leppard

CMS’s surprise decision to reassign cranial nerve neurostimulator code CPT 64568 to a $45K New Tech APC (+48% YoY) represents a significant 2026 tailwind for both vagus (VNS) [LIVN’s Sentiva] and hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS)…

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June 30, 2025

[LIVN, INSP, GMED, MMSI, BSX, MDT] CMS Prior Auth Demo Device Headwinds

By John Leppard

We view CMS’s new Medicare prior authorization model – announced late Friday and scheduled for implementation Jan. 1, 2026 – as an incremental headwind for device manufacturers within the selected therapeutic and geographic areas, which…

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March 28, 2025

INSP, NYXH, LIVN: Sleep Apnea Coverage Timeline

By John Leppard

We view the delayed approval of Nyxoah’s (NYXH) Genio announced this week as positive for Inspire Medical (INSP) insofar as it not only pushes out competition – albeit to an uncertain extent – but may…

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October 15, 2024

[INSP, LIVN, NYXH] Sleep Apnea: Codes, Coverage, & Value Accretion

By John Leppard

Key Takeaways: We suspect Inspire Medical’s (INSP) next-generation Inspire V implant procedure can secure Medicare coverage / reimbursement under the legacy product’s billing code [CPT 64582: $816], where the shorter procedure time should increase physicians’…

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