The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has issued a ruling that will impact on the payment of proceeds in Workers' Compensation Medicare Set Aside Agreements (WCMSA). CMS has ruled out the use of TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) units for the treatment of chronic low back pain.
"For those WC [workers' compensation]cases that were not settled prior to June 8, 2012, and where the WCMSAs proposal includes funding for TENS for CLBP [chronic low back pain] as part of the WCMSA, CMS will re-review the cases and remove pricing for TENS for CLBP. (Regional Offices shall obtain from submitters requests for a case re-review, along with a signed statement indicating a settlement had not occurred prior to June 8, 2012.)"
Case law throughout the country has been divided on whether TENS units should be authorized to cure and relieve low back pain.
Click here to read: Decision Memo for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Low Back Pain (CAG-00429N)
Click here to read: Impact of the Removal of coverage of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve
Stimulation (TENS) Units for Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) on Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aide Arrangement (WCMSA) proposals – INFORMATION
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