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 Procedures Published by Machelle Morningstar, CPC, COC, CEMC, COSC, August 4, 2020 PHYSICIAN PAYMENT PROVISIONS The 2021 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule updated several policies...
Read the Summer 2020 issue of “Vertebral Columns” This edition includes the following: Editorial: Inappropriate Denial of Spine Surgery Claims: Implications for Patients, Physicians & Payers Complications: Identifying the Complication Profile Related to Cervical Disc Replacement: Going Beyond IDE Studies Clinical Practice: Epidural Steroid Injections: Do They Work? And Do They...
ISASS Comments on Washington State Health Care Authority Potential Review of Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Policy On July 23, 2020, ISASS sent a comment letter to the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) regarding their sacroiliac joint fusion coverage policy, which is used by the state’s Medicaid and workers’ compensation program for coverage. The ISASS letter...
ISASS-Endorsed CPT Application is Approved at May 2020 CPT Editorial Panel Meeting At the American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel meeting, held virtually May 12-14, 2020, ISASS co-sponsored an application for new Category III (emerging technology) codes to report fluoroscopic and computed tomographic guided percutaneous injection of allogenic cellular...