September CPT Editorial Panel ISASS representatives will be attending the September CPT Editorial Panel meeting (19th-21st) in Albuquerque, NM to support an add-on code for the placement of an annular closure device (Barricaid), when clinically appropriate, post-discectomy. The September meeting will also include continued discussion about the SI joint CPT codes, seeking to clarify the...
Medicare Releases Proposed 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment Rule: Important Changes Affecting Spine Surgery April 17, 2024 – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2025 proposed rule for the inpatient hospital setting. A number of changes are proposed with regard to spinal surgery, including the following: The ICD-10 Coding Committee released...
New Research Published on Telehealth and Alternative Payment Adoption by Physicians On December 13, 2023, The American Medical Association (AMA) released two recent Policy Research Perspectives out of its Health Policy Group. Each report is based on data from the AMA’s Physician Practice Benchmark Survey. The first, Telehealth in 2022: Availability Remains Strong but Accounts for...
FDA Announces Updated Guidance on 510K Processes On December 20, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new draft guidance on the 510(k) Third Party Review (3P510k) Program and the Third Party Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Review (3PEUA). The draft guidance contains detailed steps regarding what is expected for submissions in both the...