YOQNEAM, ISRAEL--(Marketwire - October 11, 2007) - Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN), the global leader in capsule endoscopy, today announced that National Government Services (NGS), the Medicare Part B Carrier serving more than 6 million individuals in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky and Indiana, issued a new coverage policy for cirrhotic patients for the evaluation of esophageal varices using capsule endoscopy of the esophagus. The policy becomes effective December 1, 2007. With the addition of the NGS coverage policy to the existing coverage policies, more than 13 million beneficiaries in the United States could have access to PillCam ESO.