AMA/Multi-Specialty Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) Reimbursement Surveys for Spine Surgical Procedures The RUC acts as an advisory body to CMS in setting Relative Value Units (RVUs) in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. As part of their valuation process, the RUC works with specialty societies like ISASS to survey specialty society members on their relative...
ISASS Comments on 2021 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center (OPPS/ASC) Proposed Rule ISASS submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the 2021 OPPS/ASC Proposed Rule on October 2, 2021. The ISASS letter addressed several areas of interest and relevance to ISASS members, including the proposed reduction...
ISASS Comments on 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule ISASS submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule on October 2, 2021. The ISASS letter addressed several areas of interest and relevance to ISASS members, including the proposed reduction in...
Trump Administration Announces Plan to Ship 150 Million Rapid COVID-19 Tests to States On September 28, 2020, President Trump announced a plan to distribute 150 million rapid coronavirus tests purchased by the federal government to states, tribes, and other jurisdictions in the coming months. Experts praised the news as a welcome endorsement of the importance...