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Medicare coverage patterns favor non-invasive and minimally-invasive treatments of knee osteoarthritis compared to temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis
- Source :
- CRANIO®. 41:144-150
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- To compare Medicare coverage patterns for treatments of knee osteoarthritis (OA) to those of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) OA.The International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes were used to identify knee OA, TMJ OA, and related diagnoses. The AAPC Coder was utilized to search for Medicare insurance coverage by state/district for the indicated CPT codes. The coverage for treatments of TMJ OA and knee OA was analyzed by Fisher's exact test.There was a statistically significant difference in the coverage of physical therapy, massage therapy, and arthrocentesis for TMJ OA and knee OA. The current study showed that arthrocentesis was covered 100% in all states/districts for knee OA and 0% for TMJ OA.Medicare covers TMJ OA treatments to a lesser degree than knee treatments. Documentation of this discrepancy serves as an important first step in advocating for improvements in coverage, and subsequently, in access to care.
- Subjects :
- musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Invasive treatments
business.industry
Non invasive
030206 dentistry
Osteoarthritis
medicine.disease
Temporomandibular joint
stomatognathic diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
stomatognathic system
Otorhinolaryngology
Physical therapy
medicine
business
General Dentistry
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Details
- ISSN :
- 21510903 and 08869634
- Volume :
- 41
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- CRANIO®
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9c70dd33251fa11b92d378b9bef3fdf5