Dr. Morgan Lorio surveys the landscape of vertebral augmentation to find contentious studies and offers suggestions to educate the public and other practitioners. Morgan P. Lorio, MD, FACS Chair, ISASS Coding & Reimbursement Task Force The AAOS Clinical Practice...

Note: The public comment period for this has passed. Thank you for your input. Member Input Needed The US Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) has taken up a comparative effectiveness review of “Spinal Fusion for Treating Painful Lumbar Degenerated Discs or Joints.” They recently released a draft report and have provided a public comment...

ISASS Thanks our Members for Stepping Up On November 1st, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule. Of particular note to ISASS members is CMS’ decision to assign a valuation (‘relative value units’) to a recently approved Category I CPT® code 22586: pre-sacral interbody fusion...

PRESS RELEASE    For Immediate Release     Contact: Stephanie Carlino   scarlino@businessdynamicslimited.com   T 516 294 4118 ext 1595 Cell: 516 510 0068                                       International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) and  The Business of Spine (TBOS) partner to bring education to the spine coding professional Mineola, NY & Houston, Texas …………..  The In...