Medicare Benefits Schedule item numbers for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): Questions arising

OBJECTIVE: Four Medicare Benefits Schedule item numbers for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) treatment of unresponsive MDD were declared in Australia in 2021. They are accompanied by rules/conditions. The aim is to consider these rules/conditions in light of recent research and real-world exp...

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Autores principales: Pridmore, Saxby, Pridmore, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
Materias:
Neurostimulation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10466937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37128938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562231173228
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description OBJECTIVE: Four Medicare Benefits Schedule item numbers for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) treatment of unresponsive MDD were declared in Australia in 2021. They are accompanied by rules/conditions. The aim is to consider these rules/conditions in light of recent research and real-world experience. CONCLUSIONS: While evidence supports some listed rules/conditions, others lack clinical justification and deserve to be reconsidered. These include (a) ineligibility of patients who have previously received TMS, (b) a lifetime total limit of 50 treatments, (c) a second/final course being unavailable for 4 months following the completion of the first course, and (d) the second/final course being limited to 15 treatments.
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spelling pubmed-104669372023-08-31 Medicare Benefits Schedule item numbers for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): Questions arising Pridmore, Saxby Pridmore, William Australas Psychiatry Neurostimulation OBJECTIVE: Four Medicare Benefits Schedule item numbers for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) treatment of unresponsive MDD were declared in Australia in 2021. They are accompanied by rules/conditions. The aim is to consider these rules/conditions in light of recent research and real-world experience. CONCLUSIONS: While evidence supports some listed rules/conditions, others lack clinical justification and deserve to be reconsidered. These include (a) ineligibility of patients who have previously received TMS, (b) a lifetime total limit of 50 treatments, (c) a second/final course being unavailable for 4 months following the completion of the first course, and (d) the second/final course being limited to 15 treatments. SAGE Publications 2023-05-02 2023-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10466937/ /pubmed/37128938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562231173228 Text en © The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_short Medicare Benefits Schedule item numbers for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): Questions arising
title_sort medicare benefits schedule item numbers for transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms): questions arising
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10466937/
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