MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Sept. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) granted a New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) for the Eluvia™ Drug-Eluting Vascular Stent System as part of the 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). The NTAP designation, awarded to new medical devices determined to substantially improve the diagnosis or treatment of Medicare beneficiaries, will be effective on October 1, 2020 and will provide eligible hospitals with incremental reimbursement for the Eluvia stent system for up to three years. The Medicare criteria for an NTAP designation is based on newness of the device, cost and a substantial clinical improvement.