Interventional pain management at crossroads: The perfect storm brewing for a new decade of challenges

Pain Physician

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Singh, Vijay ^c   Boswell, Mark V ^d  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

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

^c Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Administrative expenses; Ambulatory surgery center payment; Evidence based medicine; Fraud; Health care costs; Hospital outpatient department payments; Interventional pain management; Interventional techniques; Physician payment reform; Sustained growth rate formula; Targeted growth rate formula

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CODING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; NURSING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ANALGESIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL FEE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALGESIA; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FRAUD; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICARE; NEUROLOGY; PAIN CLINICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865408569     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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