Medicare
Reforming Healthcare: Is Medicare Salvageable?
Dr. Henry Buchwald joins Dr. James Elsey to discuss reasonable reforms to Medicare.
JUNE 10, 2025
The NOPAIN Act: Clinical and Financial Opportunities in Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Settings
This monograph features the clinical perspectives from those working in the trenches of postsurgical pain ...
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Proposed Medicare Cuts Threaten Anesthesiology Practices Strained by Pandemic
The proposed cuts to the Medicare fee schedules for anesthesia services could setback payment rates for ...
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Medicare to Cover Acupuncture for Low Back Pain
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will begin payments for acupuncture as a treatment ...
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Medicare Announces New Guidelines on High-Dose Opioids
New limits for high-dose opioid prescriptions will be enacted next year for Medicare Part D users, the Centers for ...
APRIL 12, 2018
The Outlook for Pain Medicine: 2017 and Beyond
We are already past the quarter point of 2017, and it has been an eventful one already for the field of pain ...
APRIL 16, 2017
PCPs Underusing Opioid Agonists to Treat Drug Addiction
Buprenorphine and naloxone is an opioid agonist therapy that is woefully underused by Medicare prescribers to treat ...
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
Medical Marijuana State Laws Associated With Reduced Medicare Prescriptions
The growing number of states that have legalized medical marijuana is favorably affecting the bottom line of ...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
CMS Proposes Removing Pain Questions From Payment Calculations
In order to mitigate “even the perception that there is financial pressure to overprescribe opioids,” ...
AUGUST 22, 2016
Heavy Use of CT Raises Concerns About Patients’ Exposure to Radiation
Questions about the overuse and true necessity of CT reflect a growing awareness of the potential pitfalls of ...
MAY 6, 2016
Time Spent on Reporting Quality Measures Costs Billions For Physician Practices
Physicians and staff report spending about 15.1 hours per week and 785.2 hours per year—or 32.7 days—on ...
MAY 2, 2016
Long-Term Data Favorable on Percutaneous Lumbar Decompression for Spinal Stenosis
Six-month data from a randomized controlled study for the Medicare Coverage with Evidence Development program ...
APRIL 25, 2016
