Accessed through the Hayes Knowledge Center, the Evidence Analysis Solution addresses the following fundamental questions to help our clients determine coverage positions:
Purpose of Technology: Dry needling (DN) is a skilled intervention by which thin filiform needles are used to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying trigger points (TrPs), muscle, and connective tissues to manage neuromusculoskeletal pain and impaired movement.
Purpose of Technology: Flow diverters are stents tunneled through blood vessels to the site of an intracranial aneurysm to block the blood vessel opening to the aneurysm. The stent diverts blood flow past the aneurysm opening, prohibiting inflow to the aneurysm, with the intent of causing hemostasis within the aneurysm, endothelial growth at the opening to the aneurysm, and, e…
Purpose of Technology: High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a minimally invasive (transrectal) treatment that generates heat through sound energy to destroy tumor tissue. Sound waves produced by an ultrasonic transducer mounted on an endorectal probe penetrate the rectal wall and ablate either the entire prostate gland or focal areas containing tumor while avoiding dama…
Purpose of Technology: Capsule endoscopy (CE), also called wireless capsule endoscopy or video capsule endoscopy, is a minimally invasive procedure in which the patient swallows a multivitamin-sized capsule containing a miniaturized video camera, light transmitter, and batteries. The camera takes a video recording of the mucosal lining of the esophagus, small bowel, and/or col…
Purpose of Technology: Occupational therapy (OT) for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) encompasses a wide array of interventions, with the aim of increasing function in all aspects of life and settings (school, home, etc.). Specific interventions vary and are determined by the occup…
Purpose of Technology: Percutaneous kyphoplasty (KP) is an interventional procedure used to treat painful vertebral compression fractures related to osteoporosis. The procedure involves guided insertion of an inflatable bone tamp into the partially collapsed vertebral body. Once in place, the bal…
Purpose of Technology: Antibiotic bone cement (ABC) is a type of curable polymethylmethacrylate preparation created by adding various antibiotic medications to plain, nonmedicated bone cement. Most commonly, ABC is used to treat infected total joint prostheses as part of a revision arthroplasty, but its use as antibiotic prophylaxis in primary joint arthroplasty is increasing….
Purpose of Technology: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring uses computed tomography scanning to detect and assess the extent of atherosclerosis and quantifies the findings using a scoring system to assess and stratify risk of coronary artery disease in asymptomatic adults.
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Purpose of Technology: Proton beam therapy (PBT) is a type of external radiation treatment in which positively charged subatomic particles (protons) are precisely targeted to a specific tissue mass using a sophisticated stereotaxic planning and delivery system. In comparison with conventional photon or electron irradiation, proton beam radiation may deliver a higher dose to th…
Purpose of Technology: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been investigated as a treatment for a variety of neurological disorders, including myasthenia gravis (MG), an autoimmune disease. The goal of IVIG for neurological disorders is to eliminate or reduce neurologic symptoms and normalize o…