…using German claim data, although the initial cost of the intervention is higher, balloon kyphoplasty is more cost effective than vertebroplasty by providing better pain control and decreasing costs…

…the price reported to CMS at the point of sale, which is used to calculate beneficiary cost-sharing and generally adjudicate the Part D benefit. With the emergence of these…

…are based on weak scientific evidence. View the Draft Guidelines: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=CDC-2015-0112-0002 Submit a Comment to the CDC: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/12/14/2015-31375/proposed-2016-guideline-for-prescribing-opioids-for-chronic-pain#open-comment More Information from the CDC on Prescribing Opioids:…

…(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…

…costs; with disability from CLBP having a stronger association than pain.6 CLBP direct costs estimates have risen sharply in the past decades from approximately $96 million (for a 12-month…

…presentations and summary documents. Please see the following links for more information and resources from the AMA: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2019-06/cpt-office-prolonged-svs-code-changes.pdf https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/em-prep-your-house-practice-checklist-2021-transition…

…specialists, groups or organizations, including government or industry, whose common cause is the advancement of spine surgery. The specific focus to become a global organization that concentrates on the…

…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:…

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…as a DEXA bone density measured T score < -2.5. Paget’s disease, osteomalacia or anything other metabolic bone disease (excluding osteoporosis which is addressed above) Morbid obesity defined as…

…1/1 photo_box 1/1 https://www.isass.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ISASS_Insights_Banner_-Final-1920×875-1.png story_box 1/1 https://www.isass.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/bar.jpg Upcoming Webinar info_box 3/4 Arthroplasty vs. Fusion in Cervical Spine Surgery: When and Why Date: Saturday, 13th March, 2021 Time: 10:00 am…