Key Takeaways Five Medicare Administrative Contractors have proposed LCDs that would eliminate coverage for most peripheral nerve block and denervation procedures for chronic pain. The proposals would leave coverage largely intact for facet joint interventions, epidural injections, and three narrowly defined exceptions. Public comment periods closed in November 2025, and none of the five MACs […]
The Pain Management Billing Outsourcing Checklist for 2026 (and Beyond)
As pain management practices head into 2026, the demands on accurate coding, denial prevention, and timely follow-up continue to grow. Rising documentation standards, stricter payor scrutiny, and the increasing complexity of interventional pain procedures have all pushed practices to reassess whether in-house billing is sustainable. For many, outsourcing revenue cycle management (RCM) has become an […]