Dear Friends: We hope you are doing well and reopening the practices. News on Second Stimulus HHS yet again confirmed the way they will be paying for the second stimulus. Now it says that the lesser of a) 2% of 2018 (or most recent complete tax year) net payment revenue; or b) the sum of reported …
Telehealth: We received a letter from Tracy Richardson, Acting Director, Financial Services Group, Office of Financial Management, Centers for Medicare And Medicaid Services, addressed to ASIPP in reference to confirming their position on telehealth and duration of waivers. CMS said: Pursuant to authority granted under the CARES Act, effective for services starting March 1, 2020, and …
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Manchikanti and 37 distinguished co-authors from multiple institutions have published “Comprehensive Evidence-based Guidelines for Facet Joint Interventions in Management of Chronic Spinal Pain (available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32503359).” These guidelines included development of objectives and key questions with utilization of trustworthy standards. The evidence-based guidelines utilized comprehensive literature pertaining to all aspects of facet joint interventions with a …
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There have been numerous changes since the CDC guidelines were first published. During this time, HHS Inter-Agency Task Force developed Pain Management Best Practices: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations. This is an excellent document with significant importance to interventional pain management. Yesterday, ASIPP sent a letter of response to the CDC with the following requests: …
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On behalf of ASIPP, we would like to remind members of additional financing, SBA disaster loan options, and the Employee Retention Credit Programs designed for economic relief for practices/businesses suffering economic losses from Covid-19. For those who may feel the PPP Loans/Medicare Advanced Payments are not enough to fund operations through the crisis, there is …
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A Second Wave of Coronavirus (4-23-20) Neil Cavuto and Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil discuss a possible second wave of coronavirus this winter FDA Clears a New Saliva Test To Diagnose Coronavirus (4-14-20) Sandra Smith and Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil discuss the new saliva test approved for emergency use by the FDA. They also discuss cases reported by …
Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil Covid-19 Updates in National Media Read More »
Learn more about ABIPP Pain Management Board Exam! In addition, PainExam has now collaborated with ASIPP to offer Virtual Learning programs:
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