…Address; Hee Kit Wong provided an overview of the international nature of the Society, highlighting global contributors to program and Journal. He then introduced Robin Young, whose State of…

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…Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia are pursuing similar legislation. The U.S. Congress is also advancing its own Federal legislation to reduce the burden of prior authorization (e.g., HR 7995). ISASS…

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…Pennsylvania, on its draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD) on Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Vertebral Augmentation (Kyphoplasty). The comment letter focused on three aspects of the draft LCD: Proposed non-coverage of…