CMS To Scrutinize TENS For Back Pain In National Coverage Analysis
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS has opened a national coverage analysis for the use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to treat chronic low back pain, citing a specialty society guideline that concludes the treatment is ineffective.
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