…Quality Reporting Program, Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, and Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program) into a single hospital quality payment program. Implementation of value-based programs for hospital…

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…natural disasters Click here for a full summary of the final rule. CMS is accepting comments on the final rule until January 1, 2018. 1513117512:3 3 default 1 1…

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…It is also likely that small practices and those serving rural and underserved populations would have been disproportionately impacted by these penalties. We encourage members to be aware and…

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…total disc (Humboldt University/Charité, Berlin, Germany – co-inventor Prof. Dr. Kurt Schellnack). 1984 first patents. 1989 habilitation treatise “The functional intervertebral disc prosthesis SB Charité – development of the…

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…Process ISASS is also concerned that CMS’s proposal to centralize Medicare clinical study review and coverage determinations will negatively impact clinical study enrollment and completion. In the proposed rule,…

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Thanks to all who participated in the surgical preauthorization survey we sent out in the fall. The response was overwhelming and underscores the importance of this issue in all…

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…Extracavitary Approach for Extradural Exploration/Decompression, and Excision, Anterior or Anterolateral Approach, Intraspinal Lesion subsections in the Nervous System/Spine and Spinal Cord Section of CPT. The Panel also approved the…

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…procedures list: CPT Code Long Descriptor Final ASC Payment Indicator Final 2018 Payment Rate 22856 Total disc arthroplasty (artificial disc), anterior approach, including discectomy with end plate preparation (includes…

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…to coordinate care for patients being discharged from the hospital. The hospital might provide the discharged patients’ physicians with care coordinators to ensure patients receive appropriate follow-up care, data…

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…surgery, qualifying clinical episodes of care include: back & neck except spinal fusion (inpatient & outpatient) cervical spine fusion (inpatient) combined anterior posterior spinal fusion (inpatient) spinal fusion- non-cervical…

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…L0650 Lumbar-sacral orthosis, sagittal-coronal control, with rigid anterior and posterior frame/panel(s), posterior extends from sacrococcygeal junction to T-9 vertebra, lateral strength provided by rigid lateral frame/panel(s), produces intracavitary pressure…

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…the patient is checked in, when he or she enters the operating room (OR), and when the procedure is completed. The doctor will meet virtually with the companion after…

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