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A recently proposed Medicare Administrative Contractors policy aims to restrict coverage for peripheral nerve blocks and related procedures used to treat chronic pain, but anesthesiologists and pain ...

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Abstract: Ultrasound guided nerve blocks are increasingly being used in perioperative care as a means of safely delivering analgesia. Unfortunately, identifying nerves in ultrasound images presents a ...

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Multiple Medicare administrative contractors representing 24 states have proposed limiting coverage for some chronic pain procedures and therapies.  A proposed policy revision published Sept. 25 ...

Medicare administrative contracts have proposed eliminating coverage for peripheral nerve block procedures for chronic pain disorders.

Peripheral neuropathic pain is a chronic, secondary pain state caused by damage or diseases of the peripheral nervous system, typically accompanied by edema, inflammatory responses, increased neuronal ...