Vertebral Columns Winter 2024 Issue In this issue of Vertebral Columns, authors focus on the cervical spine (disc replacement and muscle health), review the evidence on photobiomodulation, discuss the future role of AI chatbots in spine surgery, consider the privacy of Big Data, discuss the role of pain interventionalists, and offer perspectives related to healthcare...
CMS Chooses to Not Provide Office Practice Expense Inputs for Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Fusion In response to comments made to the July 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CMS announced they will not create Relative Value Units (RVUs) for CPT code 27279, “Arthrodesis, sacroiliac joint, percutaneous or minimally invasive (indirect visualization), with image guidance, includes obtaining...
Medical Societies Urge Congress to Vote to Eliminate Cuts in 2024 Physician Reimbursement A coalition of professional medical societies, including ISASS, submitted a letter on November 16, 2023, to members of the US Congress urging them to take action in December 2023 to avoid the imposition of a 3% reduction in physician payments. The announced...
CMS Issues Final Rule on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule On November 2, CMS released its calendar year (CY) 2024 final rule for the physician fee schedule. The rule will cut the conversion factor by 3.4%, from $33.89 in CY 2023 to $32.74 in CY 2024. This cut reflects the expiration of the 2.5% statutory payment...