These cuts were announced in the 2014 Medicare Physician Payment Rule. CMS will reduce payments for Interlaminar Epidural services by up to 58 percent. The pain medicine societies have argued that CMS should hold off on implementing the cuts until all comments have been received and reviewed. The ASA will send a formal comment letter to CMS disagreeing with the cuts.
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