…such websites as UpToDate.com, the Hayes Report, and Wikipedia.com. These sites are used by private insurance carriers, lay persons, and our patients as supposedly trusted sources of information. Additionally,…

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…Hee Kit Wong, Gunnar Andersson, Dom Coric, Lisa Ferrara, and Leonard Voronov presented the awards for best overall paper, best basic science paper, and best clinical paper. Massimo Balsano…

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Medical Industry E-Mail News Service(TM) — Nov 19 2008 — The Drug Information Association (DIA) – the premier, multidisciplinary, nonprofit association that provides a neutral forum for the exchange…

…framework for the Quality Payment Program including details on the two new tracks for payment: MIPS and APMs. ISASS submitted comments to CMS on issues identified in the proposed…

…Coding Advisory is attached. ICD-10 Coding Advisory → 1 1456514906:1 default no-sidebar 1 ICD-10 News for Spine Professionals News about ICD-10 for Spine Surgeons icd-10 spine surgery surgeon advocacy-icd-10-news…

…compiling an information packet specific to spine practices which will be shared with you in the coming weeks. Be on the lookout for another email from us which will…

Earlier this week, HCSC, the parent corporation for Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, issued a new draft policy for Lumbar Spinal Fusions. Concerns…

…2023 CPT code set, is as follows: X0775T, Arthrodesis, sacroiliac joint, percutaneous, with image guidance, includes placement of intra-articular implant(s) (eg, bone allograft, synthetic device) Because the new code…

New ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes for Discogenic Pain As we noted in our last Advocacy Alert, the ICD-10 Coding Committee released a new set of diagnosis codes created specifically to…