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NeurAxis Announces Highmark BCBS Policy Coverage

Key Takeaway: NeurAxis, Inc. has secured policy coverage from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, benefiting around seven million lives effective April 8, 2024. This development increases NeurAxis's total covered lives to approximately 16.25 million. The company is focused on expanding its commercial strategy and aims to garner favorable responses from payers nationally for its IB-Stim therapy, which is aimed at treating functional abdominal pain associated with IBS in adolescents.
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POSITIVE FACTORS

  • Highmark BCBS covers approximately seven million additional lives.
  • Total covered lives for NeurAxis now reaches approximately 16.25 million.
  • Leadership expresses confidence in expanding coverage on a national level.

Full Press Release Details

CARMEL, Ind., March 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NeurAxis, Inc. (“NeurAxis,” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: NRXS), a medical technology company commercializing neuromodulation therapies addressing chronic and debilitating conditions in children and adults, today announced receipt of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (“Highmark BCBS”) policy coverage for approximately seven million lives effective April 8, 2024. Highmark BCBS provides coverage in the mid-Atlantic, covering Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and West Virginia.
“We are thrilled to announce new policy coverage from Highmark BCBS, expanding our total covered lives to now approximately 16.25 million individuals,” said Brian Carrico, President and Chief Executive Officer of NeurAxis. “Through our focused execution and continued momentum, we have almost doubled our total amount of covered lives since the end of last year. We remain focused on executing on our commercial strategy as we close in on all data being published. We look forward to receiving positive responses from payers on a national level as we aim to expand the coverage of IB-Stim.”
About NeurAxis, Inc.
NeurAxis, Inc., is a medical technology company focused on neuromodulation therapies to address chronic and debilitating conditions in children and adults. NeurAxis is dedicated to advancing science and leveraging evidence-based medicine to drive adoption of its IB-Stim™ therapy, which is its proprietary Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Field Stimulation (PENFS) technology, by the medical, scientific, and patient communities. IB-Stim™ is FDA cleared for functional abdominal pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in adolescents 11-18 years old. Additional clinical trials of PENFS in multiple pediatric and adult conditions with large unmet healthcare needs are underway. For more information, please visit http://neuraxis.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current assumptions and expectations of future events and trends, which affect or may affect the Company’s business, strategy, operations or financial performance, and actual results and other events may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements due to numerous risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results, developments, business decisions or other events to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements in this press release. These factors include, among other things, the conditions in the U.S. and global economy, the trading price and volatility of the Company’s stock, public health issues or other events, the Company’s compliance with applicable laws, the results of the Company’s clinical trials and perceptions thereof, the results of submissions to the FDA, the results of the shareholder vote to enable the issuance of the Preferred Stock, and factors described in the Risk Factors section of NeurAxis’s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except to the extent required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, whether as a result of any new information, future events and developments or otherwise.

Frequently Asked Questions

What coverage did NeurAxis recently receive?

NeurAxis received policy coverage from Highmark BCBS for about seven million lives.

How many total lives are covered by NeurAxis now?

NeurAxis's total covered lives have increased to approximately 16.25 million.

What condition does IB-Stim™ therapy address?

IB-Stim™ therapy treats functional abdominal pain linked to irritable bowel syndrome in adolescents.

Where does Highmark BCBS provide coverage?

Highmark BCBS provides coverage in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and West Virginia.

What is NeurAxis's focus in medical technology?

NeurAxis focuses on neuromodulation therapies for chronic conditions in children and adults.

Last updated: Mar 11, 2024