Health Policy
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The Disastrous but Preventable Consequences of ICD-10 (March 2014)
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Alan D Kaye, MD, PhD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD
Pain Physician Journal 2014;17;E111-E118
Correspondence Letters
Letter to Seema Verma CMS Administrator RE Changes related to Cures Act for LCDs 10.30.218
Letter to Debra Patterson of Novitas RE Change in Policy of Epidural Injections 4.6.2018
Evicore Guidelines Response Letter to Alice Petersen, RN, MSN, CCRA 4.6.2018
Letter from ASIPP and SIPMS to Congress Regarding the Opioid Crisis 2.22.18
AIM Guidelines Response Letter to Robert Mandel, MD 5.1
AIM Guidelines Response from Robert Mandel, MD 5.20.18
Sent Comment Letter To CMS On HOPDs And ASCs CMS-1678-P 9.11.2017
Letters to Insurers
Healthcare Update Articles
PPJ Articles:
Survival Strategies for Tsunami of ICD-10-CM for Interventionalists: Pursue or Perish!
The Influence of Prescription Monitoring Programs on Chronic Pain Management Controlled Substances
ASIPP Docs:
Healthcare Policy Review
Metamorphosis of Medicine in the United States: Is Information Technology a White Knight or Killer Whale?
Pain Physician November/December 2014: 17: E663-E670.
Metamorphosis of Medicine in the United States: A Carrot and Stick Policy of Electronic Medical Records
Pain Physician November/December 2014; 17:E671-E680
Ethical Perspectives on Urine Drug Screening for Pain Physicans
Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Zwade J. Marshall, MD, Steven M. Lampert, MD, Andrea M. Trescot, MD, Amit Prabhakar, MD, Amir O. Elhassan, MD, and Richard D. Urman, MD
http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/2014/september/2014;17;E559-E564.pdf
Reversal of Epidural Cuts in 2015 Physician Payment Schedule: Two Steps Forward One Step Back
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Hans Hansen, MD, John Swicegood, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD
http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/2014/september/2014;17;E565-E573.pdf
Epidural Steroid Injections Safety Recommendations by Multi-Society Pain Workgroup (MPW): More Regulations Without Evidence and Clarification
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Christopher G. Gharibo, MD, Kenneth D. Candido, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD
http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/2014/september/2014;17;E575-E588.pdf
Patient Perception of Pain Care in the United States: A 5-Year Comparative Analysis of Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems
Anita Gupta, DO, PharmD, Lisa K. Lee, MD, Jeffrey J. Mojica, BS, Ali Nairizi, MD, and Shelley J. George, MD
http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/2014/september/2014;17;369-377.pdf
Prevalence of Low Back Pain in Latin America: A Systematic Literature Review
Joao B.S. Garcia, PhD, John J.Hernandez-Castro, PhD, Rocio G. Nunez, MD, Maria A.R. Pazos, MD, Jorge O. Aguirre, PhD, Asisa Jreige, MD, Willian Delgado, MD, Manuel Serpentegui, MD, Maria Berenguel, MD, and Alberto F. Cantisani, MD
http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/2014/september/2014;17;379-391.pdf
Policies and Events Affecting Prescription Opioid Use for Non-Cancer Pain Among an Insured Patient Population (May/June 2014)
Brian K. Ahmedani, PhD, Edward L. Peterson, PhD, Karen E. Wells, MPH, David E. Lanfear, MD, MS, and L. Keoki Williams, MD, MPH
Pain Physician Journal 2014;17;205-216.
Economic Impact of Converting an Interventional Pain Medicine Physician Office-Based Practice into a Provider-Based Ambulatory Pain Practice (May/June 2014)
Jay S Grider DO, PhD, MBA, Kelley A. Findley, BS, Courtney Higdon, MBA, Jonathan Curtright, MBA, and Don P. Clark, PhD
Pain Physician Journal 2014;17;E253-E261.
Assessment of the Trends in Medical Use and Misuse of Opioid Analgesics from 2004 to 2011 (March 2014)
Sairam Atluri, MD, Gururau Sudarshan, MD, and Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
Pain Physician Journal 2014;17;E119-E128.
Percutaneous Adhesiolysis Procedures in the Medicare Population: Analysis of Utilization and Growth Patterns from 2000 to 2011 (March 2014)
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Standiford Helm II, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, and Gabor B. Racz, MD
Pain Physician Journal 2014;17;E129-E139.
Declining Value of Work of Interventional Pain Physicians (January 2014)
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Hans Hansen, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Alan D Kaye, MD, PhD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
Pain Physician Journal 2014;17;E11-E19
The Tragedy Of The Sustained Growth Rate Formula Continues Into 2014: Is There Hope or Repeal? (January 2014)
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Hans Hansen, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
Pain Physician Journal 2014;17;E21-E26
Opioids In Chronic Noncancer Pain: Have We Reached A Boiling Point Yet? (January 2014)
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Sairam Atluri, MD, Hans Hansen, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Standiford Helm II, MD, Alan D Kaye, MD, PhD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
Pain Physician Journal 2014;17;E1-E10
Utilization and Growth Patterns of Sacroiliac Joint Injections from 2000 to 2011 in the Medicare Population
Assessment of the Escalating Growth of Facet Joint Interventions in the Medicare Population in the United States from 2000 to 2011
Assessment of the Growth of Epidural Injections in the Medicare Population from 2000 to 2011
Cost Utility Analysis of Caudal Epidural Injections in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation, Axial or Discogenic Low Back Pain, Central Spinal Stenosis, and Post Lumbar Surgery Syndrome
Assessment of Practice Patterns of Perioperative Management of Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapy in Interventional Pain Management
Utilization of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain in the Medicare Population: Analysis of Growth Patterns from 2000 to 2011
Assessment of Infection Control Practices for Interventional Techniques: A Best Evidence Synthesis of Safe Injection Practices and Use of Single-Dose Medication Vials
Proposed Physician Payment Schedule for 2013: Guarded Prognosis for Interventional Pain Management
Obamacare 2012: Prognosis Unclear for Interventional Pain Management
CMS Proposal for Interventional Pain Management by Nurse Anesthetists: Evidence by Proclamation with Poor Prognosis
The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on Interventional Pain Management: Evolution from Medicare Modernization Act to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Medicare Physician Payment Systems: Impact of 2011 Schedule on Interventional Pain Management
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Reforming the Health Care Reform for the New Decade
A Critical Review of the American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Interventional Techniques: Part I Diagnostic Interventions
Independent Medical Examinations: Facts and Fallacies
Analysis of Growth of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain in the Medicare Population: A 10-Year Evaluation from 1997 to 2006
Obama Health Care for All Americans: Practical Implications
Review of Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines for Interventional Pain Management and Potential Implications
Reassessment of Evidence Synthesis of Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines for Interventional Pain Management
Health Care Reform in the United States: Radical Surgery Needed Now More Than Ever
Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-Based Risk Mitigation and Stratification During COVID-19 for Return to Interventional Pain Practice: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines
Risk Stratification Guidelines
Shalini Shah, MD, Sudhir Diwan, MD, Amol Soin, MD, Kartic Rajput, MD, Amit Mahajan, MBBS, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, and Christopher Gharibo, MD.
Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines for Facet Joint Interventions in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines Facet Joint Interventions 2020 Guidelines
Guidelines
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Amol Soin, MD, Sheri L. Albers, DO, Douglas P. Beall, MD, Richard Latchaw, MD, Mahendra R. Sanapati, MD, Shalini Shah, MD, Sairam Atluri, MD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD, Steve Aydin, DO, Sanjay Bakshi, MD, Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD, Ricardo Buenaventura, MD, Joseph Cabaret, MD, Aaron K. Calodney, MD, Kenneth D. Candido, MD, Paul J. Christo, MD, Lynn Cintron, MD, Sudhir Diwan, MD, Christopher Gharibo, MD, Jay Grider, DO, PhD, Mayank Gupta, MD, Bill Haney, MD, Michael E. Harned, MD, Standiford Helm II, MD, Jessica Jameson, MD, Sachin “Sunny” Jha, MD, MS, Adam M. Kaye, PharmD, FASCP, FCPhA, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Radomir Kosanovic, MD, Maanasa V. Manchikanti, ., Annu Navani, MD, Gabor Racz, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Ramarao Pasupuleti, MD, Cyril Philip, MD, Kartic Rajput, MD, Nalini Sehgal, MD, Rachana Vanaparthy, MBBS, Bradley W. Wargo, DO, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
Bone Marrow Concentrate (BMC) Therapy in Musculoskeletal Disorders: Evidence-Based Policy Position Statement of American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)
Position Statement
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Christopher J. Centeno, MD, Sairam Atluri, MD, Sheri L. Albers, DO, Shane Shapiro, MD, Gerard A. Malanga, MD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Mairin Jerome, MD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Steve M. Aydin, DO, Douglas Beall, MD, Don Buford, MD, Joanne Borg-Stein, MD, Ricardo M. Buenaventura, MD, Joseph A. Cabaret, MD, Aaron K. Calodney, MD, Kenneth D. Candido, MD, Cameron Cartier, MD, Richard Latchaw, MD, Sudhir Diwan, MD, Ehren Dodson, PhD, Zachary Fausel, MD, Michael Fredericson, MD, Christopher G. Gharibo, MD, Mayank Gupta, MD, Adam M. Kaye, PharmD, FASCP, FCPhA, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Radomir Kosanovic, MD, Matthew Lucas, DO, Maanasa V. Manchikanti, BS, R. Amadeus Mason, MD, Kenneth Mautner, MD, Samuel Murala, MD, Annu Navani, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Sarah Pastoriza, Do, Ramarao Pasupuleti, MD, Cyril Philip, MD, Mahendra R. Sanapati, MD, Theodore Sand, PhD, Rinoo V. Shah, MD, Amol Soin, MD, Ian Stemper, MS, Bradley W. Wargo, DO, and Philippe Hernigou, MD.
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