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List of works by Ramsin M. Benyamin

A Critical Analysis of Obamacare: Affordable Care or Insurance for Many and Coverage for Few?

scientific article published on March 2017

A critical review of the American Pain Society clinical practice guidelines for interventional techniques: part 1. Diagnostic interventions.

scientific article published on May 2010

A critical review of the American Pain Society clinical practice guidelines for interventional techniques: part 2. Therapeutic interventions.

scientific article published on July 2010

A modified approach to grading of evidence

scientific article published on May 2014

A systematic review of mechanical lumbar disc decompression with nucleoplasty.

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American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain: Part 2--guidance

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain: Part I--evidence assessment

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

An Update of the Systematic Appraisal of the Accuracy and Utility of Discography in Chronic Spinal Pain

An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part I: introduction and general considerations

scientific article published on April 2013

An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part II: guidance and recommendations

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An update of the systematic assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of lumbar facet joint nerve blocks.

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An updated review of automated percutaneous mechanical lumbar discectomy for the contained herniated lumbar disc

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Assessment of bleeding risk of interventional techniques: a best evidence synthesis of practice patterns and perioperative management of anticoagulant and antithrombotic therapy

scientific article published on April 2013

Assessment of infection control practices for interventional techniques: a best evidence synthesis of safe injection practices and use of single-dose medication vials

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Assessment of methodologic quality of randomized trials of interventional techniques: development of an interventional pain management specific instrument

scientific article published on May 2014

Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy for the contained herniated lumbar disc: a systematic assessment of evidence

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Cohen et al. Reach inappropriate conclusions on the effect of sedation on the accuracy and treatment outcomes for diagnostic injections

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Comments on Space Randomized Clinical Trial by Krebs et al

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Comparison of the efficacy of saline, local anesthetics, and steroids in epidural and facet joint injections for the management of spinal pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

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Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain.

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Cost Effectiveness of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections Provides Inaccurate Information

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Cost Utility Analysis of Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Injections in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation, Central Spinal Stenosis, and Axial or Discogenic Low Back Pain

scientific article published on May 2017

Cost utility analysis of caudal epidural injections in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation, axial or discogenic low back pain, central spinal stenosis, and post lumbar surgery syndrome

Declining value of work of interventional pain physicians

scientific article published on January 2014

Description of documentation in the management of chronic spinal pain

scientific article published on July 2009

Development of an interventional pain management specific instrument for methodologic quality assessment of nonrandomized studies of interventional techniques

scientific article published on May 2014

Do Epidural Injections Provide Short- and Long-term Relief for Lumbar Disc Herniation? A Systematic Review

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Efficacy of Epidural Injections in Managing Chronic Spinal Pain: A Best Evidence Synthesis

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Epidemiology of low back pain in adults

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Epidural Ahesiolysis Provides Misinformation

scientific article published on 01 July 2015

Epidural steroid injections safety recommendations by the Multi-Society Pain Workgroup (MPW): more regulations without evidence or clarification

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

Epidural steroid warning controversy still dogging FDA.

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Evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, and guidelines in interventional pain management: part 3: systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized trials.

scientific article published on January 2009

Evolution of US Health Care Reform

scientific article published on March 2017

Guidelines warfare over interventional techniques: is there a lack of discourse or straw man?

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Inappropriate trial of cervical epidural injections

scientific article published on 01 June 2015

Letter to the editor: results of comprehensive medical management of lumbar disorders questioned

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Medicare physician payment systems: impact of 2011 schedule on interventional pain management

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): Harsh Choices For Interventional Pain Management Physicians

scientific article published on September 2016

Metamorphosis of medicine in the United States: is information technology a white knight or killer whale?

scientific article published in November 2014

Opioids in chronic noncancer pain: have we reached a boiling point yet?

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Percutaneous lumbar laser disc decompression: a systematic review of current evidence.

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Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) for Interventional Pain Management Practices: Challenges and Opportunities

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Physician payment outlook for 2012: déjà vu.

scientific article published in January 2012

Proposed physician payment schedule for 2013: guarded prognosis for interventional pain management

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

RE: Efficacy of Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Reassessment of evidence synthesis of occupational medicine practice guidelines for interventional pain management.

scientific article published on July 2008

Recommendations of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) on the Health Care Delivery System: the impact on interventional pain management in 2014 and beyond.

scientific article published on September 2013

Reforming Approaches to Curb Drug Overdose Deaths

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Reframing Medicare Physician Payment Policy for 2019: A Look at Proposed Policy

Reframing the Prevention Strategies of the Opioid Crisis: Focusing on Prescription Opioids, Fentanyl, and Heroin Epidemic

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Responsible, Safe, and Effective Prescription of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines

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Responsible, Safe, and Effective Use of Antithrombotics and Anticoagulants in Patients Undergoing Interventional Techniques: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Responsible, Safe, and Effective Use of Biologics in the Management of Low Back Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Reversal of epidural cuts in 2015 physician payment schedule: two steps forward, one step back.

scientific article published on September 2014

The Independent Payment Advisory Board

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

The effectiveness of lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic low back and lower extremity pain

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

The impact of comparative effectiveness research on interventional pain management: evolution from Medicare Modernization Act to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Utilization of interventional techniques in managing chronic pain in the Medicare population: analysis of growth patterns from 2000 to 2011.

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Value-based interventional pain management: a review of medicare national and local coverage determination policies

scientific article published on May 2013