SCS & PNS LCD Proposal by CMS - all neurostimulator practitioners should be acting on this now

Hey everyone, The time has finally come for the CMS to screw with SCS and PNS LCD PNS Is being affected, and also the proposal limits SCS/PNS to just ONE TIME per lifetime of the patient. (1) patient with CRPS of the legs, gets SCS for that, and later it spreads the arms, they are screwed. (2) Patient with SCS for lumbar postlaminectomy who later gets cervical ACDF but has chronic radic pain in the arm is also SOL. (3) same goes for shoulder replacement and knee replacement patient with... Read more
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