Medicare only covers PRP injections for the treatment of nonhealing diabetic wounds, and the treatment must meet specific criteria. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy is a controversial therapy that ...

What Is a PRP Injection? Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections are a treatment used to help heal an injury. These shots, which are based on your own blood, are being used more to treat sports injuries ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m planning on getting platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for my knee (due to arthritis and years of previous steroid/gel injections) as well as my large toe joint (due to a bone spur removal ...

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections are increasingly used in patients with sports-related injuries, but data from randomized trials to assess their efficacy are lacking. We performed a randomized ...

Medicare only covers PRP injections for the treatment of chronic, nonhealing diabetic wounds. Coverage is limited to 20 weeks of treatment using FDA-approved equipment and technologies. Medicare does ...