The Trump Administration today announced expanded Medicare telehealth coverage that will enable beneficiaries to receive a wider range of healthcare services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. Beginning on March [...]
U.S. Surgeon General VADM Jerome Adams, MD MPH, warns that every elective surgery could spread coronavirus within a medical center. The nation's top doctor on Saturday urged a widespread halt of hospital elective procedures amid mounting [...]
CMS has issued a MLN (Medicare Learning Network) article concerning the inappropriate reporting of HCPCS supply code L8679 (Implantable neurostimulator, pulse generator, any type) for electro-acupuncture devices. These devices are applied behind the ear using [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) information and resources available to health care professionals on its website. View COVID-19 information for healthcare professionals. View a COVID-19 Situation Summary.This is an emerging, [...]
Thanks to all who participated in #AAPM2020! Hundreds of volunteer leaders, speakers, poster presenters, industry partners, attendees, and staff came together to create this fun and successful meeting. Full meeting details are available at annualmeeting.painmed.org, including instructions [...]
Preview a list of companies that will be exhibiting at the AAPM Annual Meeting February 27-March 1 in National Harbor. Learn about your therapeutic options for the treatment of acute and chronic pain. Learn more.
In the next few weeks we will be contacting a random selection of members to participate in an important AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) survey of physician work for codes 64633-64636 which [...]
January 29, 2020, CHICAGO – The American Academy of Pain Medicine Program Committee is excited to announce that U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, MD MPH, will deliver a keynote address about the importance [...]
The Coding and Reimbursement Committee has updated the coding information available on the AAPM website. New charts have been posted that include information concerning Medicare's 2020 Relative Value Units (RVUs) for codes commonly reported by [...]
AXIA Pharmaceutical is voluntarily recalling all unused sterile drug products within expiry due to a lack of assurance of sterility. The recalled sterile products have been found to be inconsistent with federal guidelines. Full story.
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