…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…

On December 23, ISASS submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the final 2016 Physician Fee Schedule rule. The letter…

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…

ISASS Provides Comments to CMS on Medicare Prior Authorization Policies ISASS jointed a broad coalition, included the Medical Device Manufacturing Association, in submitting a letter on April 7, 2021,…

…by misaligned incentives is simply inflammatory rhetoric. We as spine surgeons welcome comparative effectiveness research that provides decision support tools for the best treatment options for our patients, so…

…on the Medicare.gov Care Compare tool (the successor to Hospital Compare) for common conditions that hospitals treat, such as heart attacks or pneumonia. Along with publicly reported data on…

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…adjustment. For example, if you submit information for part of the calendar year for quality measures, how your practice uses technology, and what improvement activities your practice is undertaking,…

…or 2.7%. In the final rule, CMS approved a record number of 24 new technology add-on payments (NTAP), which is an additional payment to hospitals for cases involving eligible…

…DIN Committee 1946-4, Germany (air technology of operating rooms) Since 2017: Delegate of Germany for European Standard CEN TC 156 WG 18 (air technology of operating rooms International Memberships…

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