Endovascular therapy (EVT) for acute ischemic stroke in selected patients has recently been
proven effective in several clinical trials, and the widespread adoption of thrombectomy into …

Background: Several cell-based therapies have been proposed in recent years the
management of low back pain, including the injection of medicinal signaling cells or …

Pain Physician: March/April 2017; 20: 111-138 112 www. painphysicianjournal. com people
who were helped by the law, seemingly ignoring those Americans who were hurt with much …

In 2020, the largest US health care payer, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS), established payment for artificial intelligence (AI) through two different systems in the …

Study Design. A retrospective cohort study of utilization patterns of epidural injections.
Objective. The aim of this study was to assess patterns of utilization and variables of in …

Background: Over the past 2 decades, the increase in the utilization of interventional
techniques has been a cause for concern. Despite multiple regulations to reduce utilization …

Abstract Purpose of Review To assess patterns of utilization and variables of facet joint
interventions in managing chronic spinal pain in a fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare population …

Abstract The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 advances
the goal of tying Medicare payments to quality and value. In April 2016, CMS published an …

The annual cost of healthcare delivery in the USA now exceeds US $3 trillion. Fee for
service methodology is often implicated as a cause of this exceedingly high figure. The …

Purpose To evaluate trends in Medicare physician reimbursements for 20 common hand
procedures/surgeries from 2002 to 2018. Methods The Physician Fee Schedule Look-up …