FDA Approves Spine Surgery Robot for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery On August 11, 2022, a notice was posted that Point Robotics MedTech’s Point Kinguide system received FDA 510(k) clearance. It is Taiwan’s first FDA-cleared surgical robot and the first handheld robot with a parallel manipulator for orthopedics, according to Point Robotics. The robot has a handheld drilling...
New Proposed Rules on Surprise Billing are Published by CMS and HHS On August 19, 2022, CMS and HHS released final rules that account for the two district court rulings and take into account comments from stakeholders to the interim final rules released last year. The rulemaking is narrow in scope, addressing specific issues related...
Physician Groups Issue Joint Statement on Principles for Medicare Payment Reform A coalition of 120 physician medical societies issued an updated statement on Medicare Payment Reform Principles. ISASS is including in the coalition and was part of the effort to review and update the statement which articulates a series of priorities that Congress and the...
US House of Representatives Passes Legislation to Expand Scope of Practice for Non-Physician Providers On June 7, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives approved bill HR6087, Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. This bill expands the type of providers authorized to diagnose, treat, prescribe and certify injuries and extent of disability...