Procedures
Medicare Officially Cuts Payments for Outpatient Surgeries and Procedures
Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. Medicare on Friday followed through on its earlier proposal to reduce payment for surgeries, outpatient procedures and other services that it says can be made more efficient starting in 2026. This controversial decision represents a significant change in the pricing […]
Medicare Coverage of Major Pain Procedures May End
One in five Americans with chronic pain could soon lose access to evidence-based interventions that have been around for decades. Impending changes in Medicare coverage threaten access to local anesthetic blockade or “peripheral nerve block” procedures. Medicare administrative providers across the country have recently proposed eliminating coverage of these minimally invasive, non-opioid treatment options for […]