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Jeffrey Smith
20750 Mack Avenue
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Gene Wittstock
2000 Town Center
Southfield, MI
Gary Stec
13854 Lakeside Circle
Sterling Heights, MI
Gene Wittstock
4793 Berkshire Drive
Sterling Heights, MI
Alliance Health and Life Insurance Company
313-664-7010
2850 W Grand Blvd
Detroit, MI
Yasmin Elrada
22200 Ford Rd
Dearborn Heights, MI
Jeffrey Doud
2401 W. Big Beaver Rd
Troy, MI
Christopher Mollan
31700 Middlebelt Road
Farmington Hills, MI
Anthony Agbay
1450 W. Long Lake Road
Troy, MI
Health Alliance Plan of Michigan
313-874-7400
2850 W Grand Blvd
Detroit, MI
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Insurance Coverage For Pain Management

Based upon Marketdata's research and surveys of chronic pain programs, the single most critical problem facing chronic pain programs continues to be reimbursement and third party approval by insurers. A total of 42.5% of the total group stated that this was the number one issue. The second most important problem mentioned is that there are too many unqualified practitioners in this field, or an increase in the number of poorly trained practitioners.

Here are other issues that were mentioned:

  • pre-authorization for services

  • payor understanding of the importance of uninterrupted treatment, its impact on success

  • disagreement over use of narcotics/medications

  • unethical and fraudulent practices by insurance carriers

  •        Percentage of pain management patients that are covered by/pay by…

                                                         2003              2001                1999

    cash (out-of-pocket)                    2.9 %           2.2 %              5.2 %

    Medicare                                        33.8              27.0               40.4

    auto no-fault insurance                2.2                5.0                NA

    HMO/PPO plan                             22.5              23.7               21.8

    Medicaid                          &n...

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