…guidance outlining a voluntary, alternative pathway for demonstrating substantial equivalence of a medical device. Under this new framework, device manufacturers could demonstrate substantial equivalence by meeting objective safety and…

…more than $560,000 in cash and medicines to help Medical Teams International respond to the Haiti crisis. Hospital for Special Surgery in New York The Hospital for Special Surgery…

…team and as HHS deputy general counsel, principal associate deputy secretary and acting deputy secretary under President George W. Bush. Most recently, Hargan worked as an attorney at the…

…→ Abstract Submission Categories Adult Spinal Deformity Arthroplasty Biologic and Stem Cell Therapies/Research Biomechanics Cervical ADR Cervical Degenerative Diagnostics and Imaging Endoscopic Surgery Epidemiology/Natural History Image-Guidance, Navigation, Robotics Innovative…

Wishing you a happy and healthy 2017 from all of us at ISASS!   News and noteworthy information for December 2016: MACRA/QPP Survey ISASS Issues Policy Statement on Decompression…

Code Change Requests Coding Cycle Code changes for all medical specialties take effect on January 1 annually as a result of the CPT Editorial Panel process. The American Medical…

News and noteworthy information for November: CPT® Editorial Summary of Panel Actions 2016 Final Physician Fee Schedule 2016 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule AMA Urges DOJ…

…areas: primary care, cardiology, gastroenterology, HIV and Hepatitis C, medical oncology, obstetrics and gynecology, and orthopedics. This effort is aimed at streamlining clinical quality reporting for physicians and clinicians…

…fusion Surgeon Qualifications Minimally invasive SIJ fusion is a surgical procedure performed only by orthopedic or neurologic surgeons who have successfully completed a residency in that specialty as well…

…patient advocacy arm of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS). Dr. Andersson is Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical…

…all good nights should!—with a glass of wine and several Spine Talks from luminaries like Ali Araghi and Matthew Scott-Young. Another beautiful and educational day down, but we’re not…

On October 2, National Government Services, Inc. (NGS), the Medicare Administrative Contractor covering Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, released a…