PainCast

Tag: medicare

  • Complexity of Healthcare Reform

    Complexity of Healthcare Reform

  • New Payer Contracts

    New Payer Contracts

  • Documentation of Medical Necessity

    Documentation of Medical Necessity

  • Reimbursement Monster

    Reimbursement Monster

  • Epidural Clinical Relevance and Cost Utility

    Epidural Clinical Relevance and Cost Utility

  • Epidural Clinical Relevance and Cost Utility

  • LCD Process

    LCD Process

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on December 15, 2021

    Dr. Meredith Loveless and Dr. Leslie Stevens discuss Local Coverage Determinations (LCD). The LCD process has been updated to provide greater transparency, consistency, and patient engagement. Here, Drs. Loveless and Stevens describe this process and how doctors can make sure they follow it. When starting out you should ask: is there evidence to support this? Looking towards stakeholders and providers is also important if an LCD is needed. Systematic approaches are also critical, especially when it comes to study design. There are many ways that providers can engage in the policy development process, which can be helpful to actively make change. A Q&A with conference attendees followed.

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  • Digital Solutions to Identify Pain Patients in the Community

    Digital Solutions to Identify Pain Patients in the Community

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on October 6, 2021

    Dr. Nilesh Patel discusses digital solutions to identify pain patient in the community, as well as how to manage them efficiently and maintain their therapy. Dr. Patel discusses how our solutions for pain management are indeed getting better, and utilization of these solutions are also increasing. However, people are still in pain and therapy sustainability is critical. Reaching patients in the digital environment may be one solution.

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  • The Future Role of Telemedicine

    The Future Role of Telemedicine

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on September 20, 2021

    Dr. Sayed E Wahezi discusses the future role of telemedicine. Telemedicine has been around since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicare also increased utilization of telemedicine pre-COVID-19. Remote services will likely play a big role in medicine in years to come as well. He also speaks about the fundamentals of telemedicine physical examinations in interventional pain medicine, including tips on how these remote physical exams can be conducted.

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  • Insurance and Advocacy

    Insurance and Advocacy

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on June 8, 2021

    Dr. Ramsin Benyamin, founder and president of Millennium Pain Center, discusses advocacy and insurance issues in pain medicine. Pain specialist physicians face many obstacles such as preauthorization. Lack of coverage for Medicare patients and dual eligibility also pose a problem for practicing doctors. Dr. Benyamin believes transparency by insurance companies is critical in resolving some of these issues. Advocacy to raise awareness about these issues is also important.

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