The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and North American Neuromodulation Society are asking the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to allow nurse anesthetists to receive coverage for medical treatment for chronic pain patients. CMS recently requested the federal government allow advanced nurse practitioners and certified nurse anesthetists the right to perform interventional pain treatments, such as outpatient surgeries, and prescribe addictive painkillers. ASIPP and NANS argue that advanced nurse practitioners and CRNAs don't have the appropriate formal training to administer these procedures or appropriately diagnose treatment pathways for individual chronic pain patients.
"This disregard to the education, board certifications and training of medical physicians will be detrimental to patients, causing undue hardship and putting increased financial burden on the healthcare system as poor results proliferate," said Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, ASIPP chairman of the board and CEO in a news release.
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"This disregard to the education, board certifications and training of medical physicians will be detrimental to patients, causing undue hardship and putting increased financial burden on the healthcare system as poor results proliferate," said Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, ASIPP chairman of the board and CEO in a news release.
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