Alan D. Kaye • Frank J. E. Falco
Joshua A. Hirsch
Editors

2018

During the course of our training and practice, the dynamics of what we today call interventional pain management have changed from simple bedside injections to a full-fledged specialty with its own specialty designation (−09), explicit definition of interventional techniques, and mandated representation on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Carrier Advisory Committee (CAC). Since the formation of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians in 1998, there has been a dramatic increase in publications showing scientific basis, effectiveness, and cost utility analysis.