ISASS Comments on Department of Veteran Affairs Proposal to Expand Scope of Services for Nonphysician Providers in VA Facilities On June 24, 2020, ISASS and other organizations sent a…

ISASS Comments on 2021 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Proposed Rule On June 11, 2020, ISASS and other organizations sent a comment letter to CMS in regards to the 2020 Inpatient…

On January 1, the International Journal of Spine Surgery will begin its re-launch. There’s a lot to be excited about when it comes to the broad strokes – free…

…option to opt out completely or partially from the 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program by completing a hardship exemption application and indicating it is due to the…

HHS Offers Online Courses on Telemedicine Rules and Implementation for Providers Starting in July 2020, in an effort to increase utilization of telemedicine by Medicare providers, the Department of…

…use of personal data is legal in South Korea and proved effective in combating the virus, it also raised significant privacy concerns. The country’s National Human Rights Commission and…

…(including both individual items and services and service packages) and any code (for example, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, or HCPCS, codes) used by the hospital for purposes of…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the data submission period for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians who participated in the 2019 performance period of…

Study Published on Medicare Utilization and Spending During COVID-19 Crisis On October 8, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services published a study on Medicare utilization and spending…

The abstract submission system is now open for ISASS18 being held April 11-13, 2018. Dear Colleagues, The ISASS18 online abstract submission system is now open! Click to submit your…

…significant improvement in patient outcomes or clinical process measures. The study is the first systematic assessment of a broad range of quality impacts on hospitals acquired in a comprehensive…

…argued to CMS and the AMA Relative Value Updated Committee (RUC) that the 2014 value was and is inappropriate and inaccurately based on a flawed comparison to a discetemy…