Wishing you a happy, healthy, and safe 2016 from all of us at ISASS and IASP. News and noteworthy information for the month of December: Research & Reimbursement Course Scheduled for ISASS16 AMA Wire: Court decides whether insurers can be sued for underpaid claims CMS Releases 2014 National Health Expenditure Data New Data Posted on...
On December 23, ISASS submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the final 2016 Physician Fee Schedule rule. The letter addresses the final work RVU assigned to CPT® 27279. ISASS Letter to C...
On December 23, ISASS submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the final 2016 Hospital Outpatient and ASC rule. The letter expresses support for the addition of four spine procedures to the list of ASC covered surgical procedures: CPT® 0171T CPT® 0172T CPT® 63046 CPT® 63055...
ISASS Policy Statement – Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion (December 2015) Updated December 4, 2015 (This supplements the ISASS Policy Statement – Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion (2014)) Morgan P. Lorio, MD, FACS Neuro-Spine Solutions, Bristol, TN A PDF version of the policy statement is available here. Introduction The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is a cause...