CMS to Apply MIPS Automatic Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy for the 2021 Performance Year On November 11, 2021, CMS announced they are applying the Merit-based Incentive Payment System…

CMS Issues Proposed Rule for 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System On August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published…

CMS Issues Proposed Rule for 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Specific Impact to Spine Procedures CMS Issues Proposed Rule for 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Specific Impact to Spine…

…Balsano, MD, Moderator Arthroplasty vs. Fusion in Cervical Spine Surgery: When and Why March 13, 2021 | Massimo Balsano, MD, Moderator Panel: Oscar L. Alves, MD; Massimo Balsano, MD…

…provider intends to bill based on time). MDM in 2021 will be based on: number and complexity of problems addressed amount and/or complexity of data reviewed and analyzed risk…

CMS Issues Proposed Rule for 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Specific Impact to Spine Procedures PHYSICIAN PAYMENT PROVISIONS The 2021 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule updated several policies…

CMS Releases 2021 Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule On December 1, 2020, CMS finalized its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule for the calendar year (CY) 2021. Office and Outpatient…

…of level of service (unless the provider intends to bill based on time). MDM in 2021 will be based on: Number and complexity of problems addressed. Amount and/or complexity…

…chronic low back pain: 12-month results. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2021;rapm-2020-102259. doi:10.1136/rapm-2020-102259. Becker S, Hadjipavlou A, Heggeness MH. Ablation of the basivertebral nerve for treatment of back pain: a…

…all Medicare Fee-for-Service claims from May 1 through December 31, 2020. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, extended the suspension period to March 31, 2021. An Act to Prevent Across-the-Board…

CMS Provides Update to 2021 Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule On December 27, 2020, CMS finalized updated payment rates under its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule for the 2021…

ISASS Comments on 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule ISASS submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the 2021 Medicare Physician…