Current Report Filing (8-k)
November 03 2016 - 6:13AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 2, 2016
SECOND
SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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California
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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333-198073
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02-0692322
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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12744
San Fernando Road, Suite 400
Sylmar, California 91342
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(818)
833-5000
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(Registrant's
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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ITEM
8.01 Other Events
On November 2, 2016, Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.
(the “Company”) issued a press release announcing a final CMS Hospital Outpatient Payment rate of $150,000.50 for
implantation of the Argus
®
II retinal prosthesis during calendar year 2017.
In addition, the Company announced that the American
Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT
®
) Editorial Panel approved two new Category III CPT
codes for initial programming and subsequent reprogramming of the Argus II.
With the addition of
these two new CPT codes for post-operative programming and reprogramming services, clinicians will be able to report and bill
all services relating to implantation and programming the Argus II. The new CPT codes will be published on January 1, 2017 and
can be reported by clinicians beginning on July 1, 2017. Previously, the Company obtained a Category III CPT code for the implantation
procedure.
A copy of the Company’s press release entitled
“Second Sight Announces Final CMS Hospital Outpatient Payment Rate for 2017 and Two New CPT Codes for Programming the Argus
II Retinal Prosthesis System” is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release entitled “Second Sight Announces Final CMS Hospital Outpatient Payment Rate for 2017 and Two New CPT Codes for
Programming the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System” issued November 2, 2016.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date:
November 2, 2016
SECOND
SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
/s/
Thomas B. Miller
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By:
Thomas B. Miller
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Chief
Financial Officer
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