…(http://connect.bcbsnc.com/lets-talk-cost-2013/the-cost-problem/). This site is troubling for several reasons: First, although the website touches upon the very real problem of unsustainable increases in the overall cost of healthcare and enumerates…

…US I 344 coflex Direct decompres- sion via laminecto- my w/ subsequent implantation coflex ILS OR Decompres- sion via laminecto- my w/ subsequent posterolateral instru- mented fusion Age coflex:…

…services. Providers/facilities that are not part of the network for a plan or issuer network (out-of-network providers) usually charge higher amounts than the contracted rates the plans/issuers pay to…

…surprise medical bills. Read the Full Transcript of the Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First. Read the Factsheet – Healthcare…

…and Effectiveness Data (SSED) M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc. February 2019. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf17/P170036B.pdf. Accessed June 2, 2019. Mummaneni PV, Burkus JK, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick TA. Clinical and radiographic analysis…

…Musculoskelet Med. 2017;10(2):153-159. doi:10.1007/s12178-017-9397-4 Premarket Approval (PMA). https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpma/pma.cfm?id=P170036. Accessed June 2, 2019. McAfee PC, Cunningham B, Holsapple G, et al. A prospective, randomized, multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational…

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Calls for Government Watchdog to Investigate Hospitals’ Compliance With Price Transparency Rules and CMS’ Performance as Enforcer The Federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule aims to improve the affordability of…

…Jersey to change the manner in which out-of-network billing for spine surgery is performed. As spine surgeons, we have the ability to practice either “in-network” or “out-of-network” to deliver…

…Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). United States Profile. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2018. Available from http://www.healthdata.org/node/5300. Accessed August 18, 2021. Wu A, March L, Zheng X, Huang J,…

…will now close on November 17, 2015. The complete Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 can be viewed at https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2/text and the RFI extension is available at…

…calendar year (CY) 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule. Among notable changes, CMS proposes to pay the average sales…