---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-018906"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MYO"
cik: "0001369290"
company_name: "MYOMO, INC."
filed_at: "2022-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T07:11:30.567657+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CMS defers Myomo's request to reclassify MyoPro as brace; decision expected Q1 2023

## Summary
- CMS declined to rule on Myomo's request to reclassify MyoPro from rental DME to lump-sum brace.
- CMS states it needs more time to evaluate benefit scope for arm and leg braces generally.
- Final determination now expected during the Q1 2023 coding cycle.
- Myomo had requested the reclassification to improve reimbursement terms (lump sum vs rental).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-018906
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MYO
- cik: 0001369290
- company_name: MYOMO, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1369290/000095017022018906/0000950170-22-018906-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1369290/000095017022018906/myo-20220926.htm

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