Search Results - "Benyamin, Ramsin M"
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A Critical Analysis of Obamacare: Affordable Care or Insurance for Many and Coverage for Few?
Published in Pain physician (01-03-2017)“…The Affordable Care Act (ACA), of 2010, or Obamacare, was the most monumental change in US health care policy since the passage of Medicaid and Medicare in…”
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Percutaneous adhesiolysis in the management of chronic low back pain in post lumbar surgery syndrome and spinal stenosis: a systematic review
Published in Pain physician (01-07-2012)“…Low back pain after either post lumbar surgery syndrome or spinal stenosis in the absence of surgery is a vexing problem. Post lumbar surgery syndrome can…”
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Evolution of US Health Care Reform
Published in Pain physician (01-03-2017)“…Major health policy creation or changes, including governmental and private policies affecting health care delivery are based on health care reform(s). Health…”
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Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): Harsh Choices For Interventional Pain Management Physicians
Published in Pain physician (01-09-2016)“…The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) was created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) to improve the health of all…”
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Effectiveness of spinal endoscopic adhesiolysis in post lumbar surgery syndrome: a systematic review
Published in Pain physician (01-03-2009)“…Post lumbar surgery syndrome with persistent chronic low back and lower extremity pain is common in the United States. Epidural fibrosis may account for as…”
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An updated review of automated percutaneous mechanical lumbar discectomy for the contained herniated lumbar disc
Published in Pain physician (01-04-2013)“…Lumbar disc prolapse, protrusion, and extrusion are the most common causes of nerve root pain and surgical interventions, and yet they account for less than 5%…”
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Epidemiology of low back pain in adults
Published in Neuromodulation (Malden, Mass.) (01-10-2014)“…Low back pain affects many individuals. It has profound effects on well-being and is often the cause of significant physical and psychological health…”
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Cost Utility Analysis of Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Injections in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation, Central Spinal Stenosis, and Axial or Discogenic Low Back Pain
Published in Pain physician (01-05-2017)“…Cost utility or cost effective analysis continues to take center stage in the United States for defining and measuring the value of treatments in…”
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Refinement in evidence synthesis of percutaneous adhesiolysis
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Reframing the Prevention Strategies of the Opioid Crisis: Focusing on Prescription Opioids, Fentanyl, and Heroin Epidemic
Published in Pain physician (01-07-2018)“…The opioid epidemic has been called the "most consequential preventable public health problem in the United States." Though there is wide recognition of the…”
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Do Epidural Injections Provide Short- and Long-term Relief for Lumbar Disc Herniation? A Systematic Review
Published in Clinical orthopaedics and related research (01-06-2015)“…Background As part of a comprehensive nonsurgical approach, epidural injections often are used in the management of lumbar disc herniation. Recent guidelines…”
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Pulsed radiofrequency modulates pain regulatory gene expression along the nociceptive pathway
Published in Pain physician (01-09-2013)“…Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) therapy is a clinical treatment utilizing electromagnetic energy aimed to relieve neuropathic pain. This is the first study…”
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Epidural Interventions in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines
Published in Pain physician (01-01-2021)“…Chronic spinal pain is the most prevalent chronic disease with employment of multiple modes of interventional techniques including epidural interventions…”
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Responsible, Safe, and Effective Prescription of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines
Published in Pain physician (01-02-2017)“…Opioid use, abuse, and adverse consequences, including death, have escalated at an alarming rate since the 1990s. In an attempt to control opioid abuse,…”
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Responsible, Safe, and Effective Use of Biologics in the Management of Low Back Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines
Published in Pain physician (01-01-2019)“…Regenerative medicine is a medical subspecialty that seeks to recruit and enhance the body's own inherent healing armamentarium in the treatment of patient…”
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MILD® Is an Effective Treatment for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with Neurogenic Claudication: MiDAS ENCORE Randomized Controlled Trial
Published in Pain physician (01-05-2016)“…Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common degenerative condition of the spine, which is a major cause of pain and functional disability for the elderly…”
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A modified approach to grading of evidence
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An Update of the Systematic Appraisal of the Accuracy and Utility of Discography in Chronic Spinal Pain
Published in Pain physician (01-03-2018)“…The intervertebral disc has been implicated as a major cause of chronic spinal pain based on clinical, basic science, and epidemiological research. There is,…”
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Reframing Medicare Physician Payment Policy for 2019: A Look at Proposed Policy
Published in Pain physician (01-09-2018)“…On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2019 Medicare physician fee schedule and quality payment program,…”
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An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part II: guidance and recommendations
Published in Pain physician (01-04-2013)“…To develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal pain. Systematic…”
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