2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Includes Updated and Increased Reimbursement for Spine Surgery Procedures As a result of ISASS’ comprehensive and persuasive comments as well as meeting with CMS after the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule was released, CMS changed their position on proposed payment cuts for most of the codes and...
CMS Releases 2023 Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center/Outpatient Prospective Payment Section Final Rule On November 1, 2022, the CMS released the calendar year (CY) 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Final Rule, which includes proposals to update payment rates, policies, and regulations affecting Medicare services...
CMS Releases 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule On November 1, 2022, the CMS released the calendar year (CY) 2023 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule and Quality Payment Program final rule that impacts payments for physicians and other health care practitioners. CMS had issued a proposed rule in July, which ISASS responded to with a...
Healthgrades Issues 2023 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery On October 25, 2022, Healthgrades shared its lists for excellence in specialty care. According to a news release, to create the list, “Healthgrades evaluated patient mortality and complication rates at nearly 4,500 hospitals” and ranked the hospitals across 17 specialties, including spine surgery. The publication awarded dozens of hospi...