Continuing ISASS advocacy efforts on minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion (MIS SIJ fusion), ISASS sent a letter to the eight Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and more than 55 commercial…

…procedure and all relevant literature in order to develop a comprehensive coverage policy. The ISASS comment letter was submitted on June 17 and ISASS subsequently sent an advocacy action…

Physician Group Asks for Updates to Federal Health Care Antitrust Enforcement In a response to a Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission joint request for information on…

…bench-marking information). The New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (NYSSOS), together with the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY), is seeking advocacy input from all…

…‘non-inferiority’ comparing artificial discs to fusion. But, on numerous individual clinical and radiographic end-points, artificial discs were found to be statistically superior. For instance, Mummaneni et al (2007) showed…

ISASS staff participated in a conference call conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) in which the SRG Repeal Legislation was discussed. We felt ISASS members would want to…

…should prepare for substantial delays in reimbursement. CMS warns practices that do not prepare for ICD-10 risk disruptions in cash flow. CMS further advises all practices to build cash…

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…administrative contractors will review stakeholder comments and issue updated final LCDs within 90-180 days. ISASS’s comment letter to Novitas can be read here. ISASS’s comment to FSCO can be…

Portions of No Surprises Act IDR Rule Procedures Set Aside by Federal Court Again On February 8, 2023, for the second time in 12 months, a federal district court…

…Pennsylvania, on its draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD) on Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Vertebral Augmentation (Kyphoplasty). The comment letter focused on three aspects of the draft LCD: Proposed non-coverage of…

…learn more about new devices and provide input to medical device sponsors on clinical trial design and other clinical evidence needed to support coverage decisions. The FDA’s Center for…