Medicare in interventional pain management: A critical analysis

Pain Physician

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-197

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithmic approach; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Clinical effectiveness; Cost effectiveness; Interventional pain management; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; Pain medicine; Pay for performance; Precision diagnosis; Precision treatment; Sustainable growth rate formula; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

BUDGET; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORGERY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LAW; LEGAL LIABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALPRACTICE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEE SCHEDULES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICARE ASSIGNMENT; MEDICARE PART B; PAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747186154     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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