ISASS and other Physician Specialty Societies met in Chicago from June 8-12, as part of the annual AMA House of Delegates convention. The AMA House of Delegates is the AMA’s policy-making body and consists of specialty and state societies and other physician stakeholders. The more than 500 voting delegates selected by their member organizations are...
ISASS is looking for leading-edge research and thought-provoking symposia formats–debates, discussions, case studies–for ISASS20, which will take place Feb. 26-28, 2020 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Members and non-members may submit abstracts. The deadline is July 8. Click here to create and account and start the...
In a letter dated June 11, ISASS provided additional input and reiterated its request from April 18, for CMS to consider changes to a set of National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits for CPT codes 22842, Posterior segmental instrumentation (eg, pedicle fixation, dual rods with multiple hooks and sublaminar wires); 3 to 6 vertebral segments...
In April, Medicare Administrator Contractor (MAC) carrier Noridian published Carrier Advisory Committee (CAC) Voting Results for a draft policy on Vertebral Augmentation. The CAC meeting took place in March based on a draft policy that had been previously published. Several providers and specialty societies provided input to Noridian and the CAC members on clinical standards...