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…

…revised office E/M codes. The table below shows current (2020 Medicare total payment) and the proposed 2021 Medicare total payment.   CPT Code Descriptor 2021* Total Payment 2020** Total…

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…

…3/4 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 (Moderator); Khai…

…Prospective, randomized, multicenter study of intraosseous basivertebral nerve ablation for the treatment of chronic low back pain: 24-month treatment arm results. NASSJ. Published online October 26, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xnsj.2021.100089…

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…

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…

…Medicare total payment) and the 2021 Medicare total payment. CPT Code Descriptor 2021* Total Payment 2020** Total Payment Difference $ % Difference 99202 Office/outpatient visit, new, Level 1 $…

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…

…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…

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…