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IPSIS Comments on eviCore Healthcare’s Interventional Pain Clinical Guidelines

Thursday, August 11, 2022  
eviCore healthcare, a medical benefits management company, approached IPSIS to review and comment on their clinical guidelines addressing interventional pain procedures. With a focus on ensuring that these procedures are accessible to appropriately selected patients, IPSIS submitted comments on drafts of the following guidelines:

CMM-200: Epidural Steroid Injections
CMM-201: Facet Joint Injections/ Medial Branch Blocks
CMM-203: Sacroiliac Joint Procedures
CMM-204: Prolotherapy
CMM-208: Ablations/Denervations of Facet Joints and Peripheral Nerves
CMM-209: Regional Sympathetic Blocks
CMM-210: Implantable Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
CMM-211: Spinal Cord and Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
CMM-308: Intradiscal Procedures
CMM-400: Anesthesia Services for Interventional Pain Procedures
CMM-401: Discography
CMM-402: Greater Occipital Nerve Block
CMM-403: Neurolytic Agent Creation of Lesion
CMM-405: Spinal Fluoroscopy