The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has renewed a reimbursement structure to pay clinicians for the use of Viz.ai's artificial intelligence (AI) stroke software.
CMS granted new technology add-on payment (NTAP) renewal status for the use of Viz.ai's Viz LVO, which was formerly known as Viz ContaCT, an AI algorithm that detects strokes on CT scans. Reimbursement is available up to $1,040 per eligible patient.
The renewal was given after CMS ruled that the software saved time, improved outcomes, and increased access to care, according to Viz.ai.
![Axial images from unenhanced calcium score cardiac CT (left) and curved planar reformation images from CT angiography (right) show that higher long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with greater coronary artery calcium and more obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Top row: Images in a 68-year-old male patient with higher 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (7.9 μg/m3 for particulate matter measuring ≤2.5 μm in diameter [PM2.5] and 17.4 parts per billion [ppb] for NO2) with extensive CAD (coronary artery calcium score [CACS] >1,000 and obstructive CAD [≥70% diameter stenosis]). Bottom row: Images in a 57-year-old female patient with lower 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (6.3 μg/m3 for PM2.5 and 4.6 ppb for NO2) with no CAD (CACS = 0 and no obstructive stenosis).](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/06/hanneman.r6SMLzkezo.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
