Who is your IPM CAC Representative?
In March 2005, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid mandated that Interventional Pain Management become the 34th medical specialty represented on state Carrier Advisory Committees (CAC), which make local decisions about Medicare coverage. It spite of the great efforts it took to secure this position, many states are still without representation.
It is critical that IPM have representation in every state. Do you know who your representative is?
MEMBER ALERTS
Approximately 50 members of ASIPP attended a great legislative session in Washington, DC. Members and staff had great visits with many senators and members of the House, including multiple committee chairs. It appears that we are maki..
CMS has issued its revised decision on coverage of Percutaneous Image-guided Lumbar Decompression (PILD) procedure which does not remove all the restrictions; however, it expands the coverage. They are asking to perform another cohort CMS approve..
