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 Aetna Re: Clinical Policy Bulletin on Invasive Procedures for Back Pain - Jan. 8, 2010
BCBS of Alabama Re: Lysis of Epidural Adhesions - Aug. 3, 2010
Empire BCBS Re: Percutaneous and Endoscopic Spinal Surgery - Sept. 20, 2010
CIGNA Re: Minimally Invasive Treatment of Back Pain - Sept. 15, 2011
United Healthcare Re: Epidural and Facet Joint Interventions for Spinal Pain - Jan. 18, 2012
BCBS of Tenneessee Re: SI Joint Injections - Jan. 18, 2012
Blue Shield of Caliornia Re: Medical Policy Epidural Steroid Injections - Feb. 3, 2012
| Healthcare Update Articles |
A Perfect Storm in Interventional Pain Management: Regulated, but Unbalanced
Interventional Pain Management at Crossroads: The Perfect Storm Brewing for a New Decade of Challenges
The Influence of Prescription Monitoring Programs on Chronic Pain Management Controlled Substances
Health Policy Review
The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on Interventional Pain Management: Evolution from Medicare Modernization Act to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Medicare Physician Payment Systems: Impact of 2011 Schedule on Interventional Pain Management
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Reforming the Health Care Reform for the New Decade
A Critical Review of the American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Interventional Techniques: Part I Diagnostic Interventions
Independent Medical Examinations: Facts and Fallacies
Analysis of Growth of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain in the Medicare Population: A 10-Year Evaluation from 1997 to 2006
Obama Health Care for All Americans: Practical Implications
Review of Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines for Interventional Pain Management and Potential Implications
Reassessment of Evidence Synthesis of Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines for Interventional Pain Management
Health Care Reform in the United States: Radical Surgery Needed Now More Than Ever
Evidence-Based Medicine Series
Evidence-Based Medicine, Systematic Reviews, and Guidelines In Interventional Pain Management: Part 7: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies
Evidince-Based Medicine, Systematic Reviews, and Guidelines in Interventional Pain Management: Part 6. Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies
Evidence-Based Medicine, Systematic Reviews, and Guidelines in Interventional Pain Management: Part 5. Diagnostic Accuracy Studies
Evidence-Based Medicine, Systematic Reviews, and Guidelines in Interventional Pain Management: Part 4: Observational Studies
Evidence-Based Medicine, Systematic Reviews, and Guidelines in Interventional Pain Management: Part 3: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Randomized Trials
Evidence-Based Medicine, Systematic Reviews, and Guidelines in Interventional Pain Management: Part 2: Randomized Controlled Trials
Evidence-Based Medicine, Systematic Reviews, and Guidelines in Interventional Pain Management, Part I: Introduction and General Considerations
Office of the Inspector General (OIG) posts report, "Medicare Payments for Facet Joint Injection Services"
A Critical Appraisal of 2007 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) Practice Guidelines for Interventional Pain Management: An Independent Review Utilizing AGREE, AMA, IOM, and Other Criteria
Review of Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines for Interventional Pain Management and Potential Implications
Therapeutic Opioids: A Ten-Year Perspective on the Complexities and Complications of the Escalating Use, Abuse, and Nonmedical Use of Opioids
Opioids in the Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: An Update of American Society of the Interventional Pain Physicians’ (ASIPP) Guidelines
Physician Refer Thyself: Is Stark II, Phase III the Final Voyage?
Interventional Techniques in Ambulatory Surgical Centers: A Look at the New Payment System
Physician Payment 2008 for Interventionalists: Current State of Health Care Policy
Interventional Techniques in Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Look at the New Payment System
National Drug Control Policy and Prescription Drug Abuse: Facts and Fallacies
2007 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplemetary Medical Insurance Trust Funds
2006 National Survey on Drug Use & Health – September 6, 2007 Results
Issues in Health Care: Interventional Pain Management at the Crossroads - Pain Physician, 2007
Prescription drug abuse: What is being done to address this new drug epidemic? Testimony before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources - Pain Physician, 2006
Health Spending Projections Through 2016: Modest Changes Obscure Part D’s Impact, Feb, 2007
Medicare in Interventional Pain Management: A Critical Analysis - Pain Physician, 2006
Do financial incentives in a globally budgeted healthcare payment system produce changes in the way patients are categorized? A five-year study. Am J Manage Care. 2007 Sep;13(9):513-22
Moving research into practice: lessons from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's IDSRN program. Implement Sci. 2007 Mar 29;2:9
| Health Policy Regulations |
Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2009
Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2009
2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Payment Rates Effective for Dates of Service July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008
Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates
Physician Self-Referral and Hospital Ownership Disclosure Provisions in the IPPS FY 2009 Final Rule
Final Rule - Physicians referrals to health care entities with which they have financial relationships (Phase III) – September 5, 2007
GAO-06-704 Medicare Physician Services: Use of Services Increasing Nationwide and Relatively Few Beneficiaries Report Major Access Problems
GAO-07-86 - Medicare: Payment for Ambulatory Surgical Centers Should Be Based on the Hospital Outpatient Payment System
DEA Practitioner’s Manual
 Texas Workers' Compensation Regulations
How to Appeal Medicare Denial
Download a pdf step-by-step guide through the appeals process
Federal Register and Notices
Limit on Number of Buprenorphine Patients Per Physician
CMS Rulings
CMD Rulemaking - Electronic Comment Submission
Health and Human Services (HHS)
Pain Physician Journal
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
SAMHSA
DEA
GAO
CMS 855I - (to change your specialty designation code)
CMS Manual System
Federal Register
MedPac Report - A Data Book: Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program - June 2009
Medicare payment basics: Ambulatory surgical centers payment system (September 29, 2006)
Medicare payment basics: Outpatient hospital services payment system (September 29, 2006)
Medicare payment basics: Physician services payment system (September 29, 2006)
Report to the Congress: Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals Revisited (August 2006)
Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2006)
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