Obamacare 2012: Prognosis Unclear for Interventional Pain Management
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Proposed physician payment schedule for 2013: guarded prognosis for interventional pain management.
As happens every year, on July 1, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed policy and payment rate for services furnished under the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2013. The proposed rule would provide certified registered nurse anesthetists to practice independent interventional pain management. Other issues, though no less important, include a 27% sustainable...
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عنوان ژورنال: September 2012
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2150-1149,1533-3159
DOI: 10.36076/ppj.2012/15/e629