The Center for Advanced Interventional Spine Treatment

Another short but not so sweet blog for you to, I hope, act upon ASAP. Medicare (coverage for the elderly and/or the disabled) in addition to forbidding the use of sedation for patients undergoing injections, is now forbidding the epidural use of Depo-medrol, our longest lasting corticosteroid. The recommended replacement, Decadron, typically has a shorter duration of action. In other words, if you have Medicare and you have chronic pain, you are now being denied a very standard, tried and true, safe pain management protocol.

Michigan Medical is one of the largest, physician-owned, multispecialty groups in Michigan. The group offers critical and home health care services. It also specializes in the areas of immunology, audiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, ophthalmology and urology. Michigan Medical performs trauma, outpatient and inpatient surgery procedures for a variety of conditions and diseases. In addition, the group provides weight management, nutrition and women s services. It offers diagnostic imaging solutions that include CT scan, digital mammography, MRI, bone densitometry and ultrasound. Michigan Medical operates hearing and headache care centers and an optical shop. The group has a network of more than 300 health care providers.