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Sight Sciences: Final Medicare LCDs confirm coverage for OMNI and SION procedures but impose usage limitations
Sight Sciences, Inc.
- Four MACs (Palmetto GBA, CGS, NGS, WPS) published final LCDs effective Nov 17, 2024, confirming coverage for single MIGS with phaco.
- Coverage continues for canaloplasty/trabeculotomy (OMNI) and goniotomy (SION) procedures.
- Limitations: non-coverage for first-line mild-to-moderate glaucoma, combined MIGS with aqueous shunt, and phaco with multiple MIGS.
- Sight Sciences plans to engage with MACs, CMS, and clinical societies on coverage issues.