…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…

…NS patients, S patients had greater improvements from baseline in back pain (-2.2 vs -1.0; P<0.001), leg pain (-3.7 vs -1.7; P<0.001), and sciatica (-11.7 vs -4.6; P<0.001); predominant…

…was, then, appointed a member of President George W. Bush’s cabinet. While he served in two positions on the Bush Cabinet, Leavitt views his primary task in both jobs…

Drug Enforcement Administration Extends Telehealth Flexibilities for Controlled Substance Prescriptions On May 10, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a rule that extends the rules allowing telehealth prescription…

…and communications, the criteria used to review applications for new or expanded MA and Part D plans, quality ratings for MA and Part D plans, provider network adequacy requirements,…

…F. Heary, MD heary@umdnj.edu Immediate Past-President Steve Reich, MD spinedad@yahoo.com Mitchell Reiter, MD mreiter@njss.net Roy Vingan, MD endoftheinnocence@hotmail.com James Dwyer, MD jnd5@earthlink.net Dante Implicito, MD dantemd@optonline.net Jack Knightly, MD…

…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…

HHS Offers Online Courses on Telemedicine Rules and Implementation for Providers Starting in July 2020, in an effort to increase utilization of telemedicine by Medicare providers, the Department of…

…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…

…to the most advanced spine therapies and technologies and an extensive network of specialists in physiatry, neurology, pain management, nursing and physical therapy. Possessing a broad knowledge of both…

…information and resources from the AMA. https://bit.ly/2TiBjSb. https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/10-tips-prepare-your-practice-em-office-visit-changes https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/em-prep-your-house-practice-checklist-2021-transition https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/implementing-cpt-evaluation-and-management-em-revisions In addition, CMS has…

…companies in exchange for implementing clinical decision support (CDS) alerts in its EHR software designed to increase prescriptions for their drug products. The CDS alerts that Practice Fusion agreed…