News and noteworthy information for May 2016: Changing the Way You Get Paid – CMS Issues Proposed MACRA Rule CMS Issues 2017 Proposed Hospital Inpatient and Long-Term Care Rule Senate Finance Committee Issues Report on PODs House E&C Health Subcommittee Hearing on Health Care Solutions CMS Releases Third Annual Physician and Other Supplier Utilization and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contact: Kristy Radcliffe Phone: +1 (630) 375-1432 Email: Kristy@isass.org    Domagoj Coric, MD named to Board of International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Aurora, Ill. – May 2, 2016 – Neurological spine surgeon Domagoj Coric, MD of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA became the newest member of the International Society for...

News and noteworthy information for April 2016: ISASS16 Advocacy Survey Extended Open Payments Physician Review and Dispute Period: April 1 – May 15 FDA Panel Issues Recommendations for Medical Device Evaluation System NIH Clinical Center: 3-D Imaging in Children and Adults with Scoliosis Senate HELP Committee Approves Last Bills of Medical Innovation Package CMS Releases...

Thanks to all who participated in the surgical preauthorization survey we sent out in the fall.  The response was overwhelming and underscores the importance of this issue in all of our practices.  We presented the results of the survey at the recent ISASS16 meeting in Las Vegas.  As all were not in attendance, we are...