Advisory Committee to Hear Report in Support of Two-Level Disk Replacement

Oregon’s Medical Advisory Committee will discuss at a Friday morning meeting a recommendation that the state’s workers’ compensation system start covering two-level cervical artificial disk replacements. A subcommittee tasked with deciding whether two-level cervical disk replacements should be covered found that the procedure is not experimental and that evidence demonstrates the procedure is effective. The subcommittee also said the disk replacements are not outmoded, meaning the procedure is within the current standard of care. Based on its assessment, the subcommitt...