I feel like right now I am providing adequate pain care to my patient's, and the vast majority do better once they're established with me and we've taken a few steps down the treatment algorithm.
I don't do Intracept (yet), but I fail to see where any significant portion of my patient population is lacking by my not offering it.
High-quality RFA and ESI seem to work pretty good in Athens and Loganville, GA.
The above patient that I posted - It's L2-3 and he's got United HC insurance. Is this procedure even an option for him?
It seems anatomically it is a good idea to try it, but am I expected to put forth all of this effort of getting trained and going through all the insurance stuff and then given the time requirement in the procedure suite relative to the reimbursement...Is it even worth it?
Reading this site, yall appear to spend an exorbitant amount of time with insurance companies. It seems like a hassle TBH.
Not sure I really want to deal with this BS...
i think that we will have the typical experience with Intracept that we have had with all of these other pain therapies.
first, a huge rush to do the procedures. its a game changer. pain management will be forever changed.
initially it may pay well. reps are all over the place. ASPN conferences with multiple meetings and multiple pointed toes talking about how it is the great thing, will rewrite what we do.
then, the clinical experience. some will have great response. most will be, meh.
some docs will then start abusing and doing injections on marginal cases and even cases where it is not indicated, further diluting benefit.
then will come the struggles of getting it approved, as more and more docs do the procedure.
ultimately, it will stabilize, with overall some people getting benefit, most not, and a few doctors continue to advocate, and most move on to the next great thing.
lets see, in the past 10 years this pattern has happened with HF10. DRG. SI fusion. Vertiflex. Minuteman. MILD. periph stim.
Intracept is next...