Studies Conducted at University of Louisville on Medicare and Medicaid Recently Reported (Utilization of Facet Joint and Sacroiliac Joint…

Studies Conducted at University of Louisville on Medicare and Medicaid Recently Reported (Utilization of Facet Joint and Sacroiliac Joint Interventions in Medicare Population from 2000 to 2014: Explosive Growth Continues!)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Researchers detail new data in Medicare and Medicaid. According to news reporting out of Louisville, Kentucky, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "Increasing utilization of interventional techniques in managing chronic spinal pain, specifically facet joint interventions and sacroiliac joint injections, is a major concern of healthcare policy makers. We analyzed the patterns of utilization of facet and sacroiliac joint interventions in managing chronic spinal pain."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Louisville, "The results showed significant increase of facet joint interventions and sacroiliac joint injections from 2000 to 2014 in Medicare FFS service beneficiaries. Overall, the Medicare population increased 35 %, whereas facet joint and sacroiliac joint interventions increased 313.3 % per 100,000 Medicare population with an annual increase of 10.7 %. While the increases were uniform from 2000 to 2014, there were some decreases noted for facet joint interventions in 2007, 2010, and 2013, whereas for sacroiliac joint injections, the decreases were noted in 2007 and 2013."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "The increases were for cervical and thoracic facet neurolysis at 911.5 % compared to lumbosacral facet neurolysis of 567.8 %, 362.9 % of cervical and thoracic facet joint blocks, 316.9 % of sacroiliac joints injections, and finally 227.3 % of lumbosacral facet joint blocks."

For more information on this research see: Utilization of Facet Joint and Sacroiliac Joint Interventions in Medicare Population from 2000 to 2014: Explosive Growth Continues!. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 2016;20(10):17-31. Current Pain and Headache Reports can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; Current Pain and Headache Reports - www.springerlink.com/content/1531-3433/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting L. Manchikanti, University of Louisville, Dept. of Anesthesiol & Perioperat Med, Louisville, KY 40202, United States. Additional authors for this research include J.A. Hirsch, V. Pampati and M.V. Boswell.

Keywords for this news article include: Louisville, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America, Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare, Article Review, Health Policy, University of Louisville.

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