Action Alert! Attention ISASS Members within WPS Medicare Jurisdiction: Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas WPS Medicare – Proposed non-coverage decision – DL35994 – Percutaneous minimally invasive fusion/stabilization of the sacroiliac joint for the treatment of back pain On April 1, 2015, Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS Medicare) issued a prop...

  ISASS attended the American Medical Association (AMA) annual meeting June 6-10 in Chicago. After a three-year process to obtain a voting seat, ISASS became a voting member of the AMA’s House of Delegates (HOD) in 2014. The HOD is the legislative and policy-making body of the AMA and includes over 500 voting delegates selected...

ISASS joined physician organizations representing both national specialty medical societies and state medical societies in signing on to an AMA letter to Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX) in support of H.R. 293. Congressman Burgess is the sponsor of H.R. 293 which clarifies that certain applicable manufacturer transfers of value to support independent medical educational programs and materials...

ISASS Policy Advocacy The current environment for spine surgeons and their patients is challenging. Mergers and downward pressure from payers on coverage and reimbursement for spinal surgeries is making it harder for patients to receive medically indicated surgical care and more difficult for new technology and techniques to emerge. We hear these stories every day from...