…Vice President of Medical and Clinical Affairs in the Spinal and Biologics Division of Medtronic, based in Memphis Tennessee. Prior to joining Medtronic, he was President of MidAtlantic Spine…

…national coverage determination process. The announcement states that the new Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies pathway will use a review process parallel with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

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…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 system and…

…cord injuries, OPLL(Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament), DTI(Diffusion Tensor Imaging), cervical artificial discs, degenerative spinal lesions, minimally invasive surgery, and endoscopic spinal surgery. He has received numerous academic awards…

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…review as “potentially misvalued”. The following paragraph from the Physician Rule describes the issue and the proposal by CMS: “Overall, based on the six reasons provided by the nominator,…

…our re-launch. In addition to being the official medical journal of ISASS, the International Journal of Spine Surgery is now the official journal of the International Intradiscal Therapy Society,…

…Medical Association posted the CPT® Editorial Summary of Panel Actions, a high-level summary of the final actions taken by the CPT® Editorial Panel at the February 2016 meeting. Tab…

News and noteworthy information for August 2016: Data Collection on Surgical Global Periods Patient Relationship Categories and Codes Anthem Coverage Policy Update – Cervical Total Disc Arthroplasty Multi-Society Letter…

…from the 2016 Final PFS to the 2016 PFS Correction Notice are detailed in this spreadsheet. CGS Finalizes LCD for MIS SIJ Fusion CGS Administrators, LLC, the Medicare Administrative…