CMS Releases 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule On November 1, 2022, the CMS released the calendar year (CY) 2023 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule and Quality Payment Program final rule that impacts payments for physicians and other health care practitioners. CMS had issued a proposed rule in July, which ISASS responded to with a...
Healthgrades Issues 2023 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery On October 25, 2022, Healthgrades shared its lists for excellence in specialty care. According to a news release, to create the list, “Healthgrades evaluated patient mortality and complication rates at nearly 4,500 hospitals” and ranked the hospitals across 17 specialties, including spine surgery. The publication awarded dozens of hospi...
Report Finds Higher Rates of Physician Burnout in Recent Years According to an article published by the American Medical Association (AMA), “Three in five physicians reported at least one manifestation of burnout during the height of the Omicron wave that struck the U.S. during the winter of 2021–2022, pushing physician burnout rates to an all-time...
US Senators Push for Legislation to Stabilize Medicare Payments to Physicians US Senators Stabenow (D-MI) and Barrasso (R-WY) have been leading an effort to address Medicare physician payments. The Senators have circulated a “Dear Colleague” letter to other senators to sign onto; current signatories include Senators Menendez (D-NJ), Marshall (R-KS), and Boozman (R-MT). Once circulated, the...