Dignitana announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reassigned payment for scalp cooling for Medicare claims filed using CPT code 0662T. This treatment has been reassigned to New Technology APC 1520 with a National Average Payment of $1,850.50, effective January 1, 2022. The CMS announcement comes after the agency previously published a National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Scalp Hypothermia During Chemotherapy to Prevent Hair Loss (scalp cooling) in June 2021 for APC 5732 (Level 2 Minor Procedures) with a proposed payment rate of $34.72. At that time Dignitana filed an appeal with the agency and initiated conversations, in conjunction with Paxman Scalp Coolers, to determine an appropriate payment level for Medicare coverage of scalp cooling. An Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) is the US government's method of paying facilities for outpatient services covered by Medicare. The new payment assignment enables facility reimbursement under the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS).