See the Coverage Decisions page for a list of medical coverage decisions made by L&I's Office of the Medical Director.

Evidence Reviews and Reports

A systematic review of intrathecal drug delivery systems for chronic non-cancer pain was commissioned by L&I in 2005. Read the complete review (230 KB PDF).

Spinal Cord Stimulators (SCS) for Injured Workers with Chronic Back and Leg Pain after Lumbar Surgery - A Prospective Study to Describe Costs, Complications, and Patient Outcomes: Final Report (412 KB PDF)

Technology Assessments

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• Acupuncture (145 KB) March 1998.
• AquaMED (or dry hydrotherapy) (109 KB).
• Artificial disc replacement (310 KB / 2 min) November 2004.
• Autologous blood injections (27 KB).
• Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) (107 KB) June 2002.
• Bone cements for use during kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty (22 KB).
• Bone morphogenic protein (188 KB) September 2003.
• Cervical traction devices (116 KB) August 2002.
• Dynatron STS Device (103 KB) April 2002.
• Epidural adhesiolysis (206 KB) July 2004.
• ERMI Flexionater and Extensionater (109 KB) June 2003.
• Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) (221 KB / 1 min) March 2004.
• Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) (1300 KB / 7 min) January 2003.
• Futures Unlimited (120 KB PDF) July 2004.
• Hyaluronic acid (83 KB) August 1998.
• IDET (127 KB) September 2003.
• IDET (181 KB) July 2000.
• Low level laser therapy (308 KB / 2 min) May 2004.
• MedX lumbar extension machine (145 KB) November 2003.
• Meniscal allograft transplantation (52 KB) October 2002.
• Microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees (37 KB) August 2002.
• NC-stat ® System, NeuroMetrix ® Inc. (126 KB) June 2006.
• Otto Bock Vacuum Assisted Socket System (99 KB) April 2003.
• Percutaneous Discectomy for Disc Herniation (668 KB / 4 min) February 2004.
• Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy for low back pain (94 KB) January 2004.
• Powered Traction Devices for Intervertebral Decompression (45 KB) June 2004.
• Standing MRI, Weight-bearing, Positional & Upright™ (139 KB) August 2002.
• Thermal shrinkage for instability and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Laxity (88 KB) June 2003.
• Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (261 KB / 1 min) June 2004.
• VaxD (124 KB).
• Wound VAC (64 KB).

If you have questions or problems accessing these technology assessments, please contact:
Josh Morse at mojo235@LNI.wa.gov or 360-902-5026.

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