CMS Makes Policy Waves With Pullback Of Longstanding TENS Coverage
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The new finalized coverage policy for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for treating chronic back pain is a rare decision by the agency to reverse coverage on an established technology, and is a new direction for the coverage-with-evidence-development program, observers say.
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