The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted Viz.ai the first New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) for artificial intelligence software, the company announced today.

NTAP, part of the CMS inpatient prospective payment system, was set up to support the adoption of cutting-edge technologies that have demonstrated substantial clinical improvement and ensure early availability to Medicare patients. Viz.ai’s flagship product, Viz LVO, uses deep learning to communicate time-sensitive information about stroke patients to a specialist who can intervene and treat.

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