Hong Hu, Research Advisor, Lilly Research Laboratories talked to based their view on the CMS( Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) taxonomy of specialties, of which headache medicine is not listed.”
Jones, who along with Moren, is currently a provider at Cascade Neurologic in Mount Vernon, WA, said the number of headache clinics in the Pacific Northwest has fallen from six to one. He said this decrease is mostly due to reimbursement issues and that he hopes CAQ is one of many steps that changes the thinking of insurance companies.
He hopes CAQ helps him and other non-neurologist headache specialists with pharmaceutical companies as well. Some company policies stated they could only call on neurologists. Jones said pharmaceutical companies and their legal representatives had difficulty determining who was a qualified headache specialist.“ Their lawyers picked‘ neurologist’ as the same as headache specialist.” Jones said. He is hopeful that CAQ becomes a way for decision-makers in insurance and pharmaceutical companies to recognize headache specialists.
The NHF had all of these benefits in mind when the process to reinstate CAQ began and the NHF is hopeful this program will only grow. More applicants will take the exam in September and the NHF will continue to offer the exam twice a year. Each exam is an opportunity for healthcare providers qualified in headache medicine to be recognized for their abilities. With you, the headache sufferer in mind, the NHF is hopeful that the number of healthcare providers certified in headache medicine will continue to increase. HW
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