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Pain Medicine Journal

 Pain Medicine is dedicated to pain clinicians, educators, and researchers with an interest in pain from various medical specialties and related health disciplines. The journal reflects the rapid growth in pain science and practice, as well as the field’s need for policy, ethical, and forensic commentary on pain and its management. It promotes the visibility and development of pain medicine as a worldwide interdisciplinary medical specialty within a collaborative, multidisciplinary pain field.

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Pain Medicine | Volume 27, Issue 8

CMS proposed restrictions on peripheral nerve blocks and procedures for chronic pain: clinical, ethical, and policy implications for millions of Americans

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Chronic pain affects nearly 1 in 4 adults in the United States and imposes profound burdens on individuals, and the healthcare system. Peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) and related interventional procedures are essential components of modern multimodal pain management. They offer targeted, reversible, and cost-effective diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic benefits for a broad array of conditions. The recently proposed “Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Procedures for Chronic Pain” threatens to severely limit access to these evidence-based interventions. 

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